Dear Customers and Friends Everywhere 
As our new Eighteenth Annual Catalog again greets you, I wish that I could put on my old straw 
hat and take a walk with you all and see the wonderful Nursery Stock that we have for you this 
year. The best that we had in years due to irrigation and our late fall rains. We would visit our 
five Rockgardens, three Lily Ponds of over 1,000 square feet of water with nine islands. We would 
see all kinds of Flowers, Evergreens, Rockgarden plants, hardy perennials, Testing Beds of Ever- 
bearing Strawberries of many varieties. Our Vegetable gardens. Our Giant Dahlias you could 
not miss, as they are a simply gorgeous combination of tints and colors. A visit like this would 
be like Fairyland at blooming time. This is my life’s work with interest and my whole family en¬ 
joys it. Why not turn your garden this year into a Fairyland and make your dream garden come 
true by planting our Seeds, Bulbs, and Plants. Many a color is hidden away in our Bulbs and in 
a Jumbo Packet of our Seeds. 
How to Plant 
Strawberries 
Practically any soil that will grow a good 
field or garden crop will grow fine Straw¬ 
berries. Use the same care as you would in 
setting vegetable plants. For home gardens 
set 12x18 inches. It will require about 8,000 
plants to set one acre. Eighteen inches in 
row with rows 36 inches apart. Barnyard 
manure is the best fertilizer. Ground should 
not be too rich. Make hole with a spade 
and set roots straight down and spread roots slightly. Set plants firm. Press ground solid with 
foot. Do not water plants, just dip roots in water before setting. Do not cover the crown or heart 
of the plants. Plant just as early as your ground can be worked. Earlier the better, in March, 
April or May. Keep off buds for 60 days after setting a new bed. 
All varieties listed in this catalog - are of perfect blossoms 
and can be planted alone. Young runner plants may be cut off 
or laid along the row as desired. 1 Be sure to pick off blossoms 
from new set beds until July first, about three times. The 
plants will have a better opportunity to become established 
and develop better root system before beginning to fruit. 
Not necessary to bud the second year for early spring bearing. 
For best success set out a new bed each year from your young 
runner plants. 
All our plants are dug each day as needed and packed at 
night when plants are cool. By this method you get them in 
the best of growing condition. We want every prospective 
customer to know that when you send your order to Oak 
Hill Nursery you are getting your stock direct from the grower. 
All our plants are certified. There are no better plants grown 
than ours this year. SO WHY PAY MORE? You will find 
that our plants are trimmed and cleaned, ready to set out. 
We get a lot of compliments from our customers on cleaning 
and packing. Saving them transportation charges. Bigger 
values with less money all the way around. 
I personally thank you in advance for any order that you 
give us this year. Whether it is large or small it shall have 
my personal and prompt attention. 
Yours very truly, 
EDW. L. LUBKE. 
Wallack-Homestead Co., Horticultural Printers, Des Moines, Iowa 
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