INTER-STATE 
one of America’s 
greatest growers of Fruit Trees. 
Field of 200,000 
Apple Trees . . 
5. Field of Cherry 
Trees 
W E actually grow in our own nursery more fruit trees than 
any other nursery in America which sells its products directly 
to its customers. Each spring we set out nearly half a million apple 
grafts to grow into apple trees. We show here a field of 200,000 
apple trees. These trees and those from another large field are the 
very apple trees you will get when you order from us this spring. We 
wish you could hold these trees in your hand, so you could see what 
fine tops they have and, most important of all, what a wonderful 
system of roots. The root system of our trees is famous. Our soil is 
the celebrated Marshall Loess soil, the finest in the world for pro¬ 
ducing nursery stock. It is very rare, occuring in only a few places 
throughout the world. 
Look at the roots of the trees in the second picture. This is a 
bunch of our 3 to 4 foot size cherry trees. If you look closely, you 
can see where they are budded on the hardy Mahaleb stocks. This 
stock is the hardiest and also will not sprout all over the yard. 
The thii;d picture shows a field of 5 to 6 foot size cherry trees. 
These trees are a year older than the 3 to 4 foot size. Such trees 
will bear in just a short time. 
Picture No. 4, at the lower left, shows a digging crew. It 
takes 8 to 12 head of horses and mules to pull this tree plow. 
It consists of a heavy semi-circular blade nearly 3 feet across 
and two feet deep. The levers lower the wheels along the 
sides so that the blade can cut under the ground nearly 
two feet deep. That is why we get such fine long roots 
and why our trees grow so vigorously. 
Picture No. 5, at the lower right, shows a field of 
budded peach trees. We plant each fall more than 
250,000 peach pits for budding. These Iowa-grown 
budded peach trees are hardy, vigorous and bear young. 
We could show fields of shrubs, shade trees, Chinese 
elm, peonies, strawberries, etc., but do not have room. 
Our strawberries are grown only for the 
plants and not for fruit. This means 
you receive only young, healthy, 
vigorous plants. We plant new 
fields each year. 
The Inter-State Nurs¬ 
eries are owned and actu¬ 
ally operated by the three 
Sjulin brothers pictured 
on page 5. We have spent 
all our lives in the nurs¬ 
ery business. Our 36 
years of experience is at 
your service; also the 
service of our force of 
nursery experts, many of 
whom have been with us 
since we started. 
We have become America’s 
Greatest Direct-Selling 
Nurseries because: 
1. We produce high qual¬ 
ity nursery stock. 
2. We sell this stock di¬ 
rectly to you at reason¬ 
able prices. 
It's Easy to Buy, 
the Inter-State Way 
N the quiet of your own 
home, you can read the 
descriptions and look at the 
pictures and select just exactly 
what you want. The only purpose 
of this book is to help you in making 
your selections. If you want any special 
information, write us, and we will gladly answer 
your letter. 
With every order, we send planting instructions so 
plainly written that even a child can follow them 
with success. We thank the hundreds of thousands of 
loyal customers who have enabled us to build up this 
great business. To you who have not bought from us: 
we believe we can help you to make your home 
more fruitful and more beautiful. 
