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KELLYS’ 
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True to Name Fruit Trees 
Kellys’ true-to-name fruit trees are 
shipped direct from our nurseries to 
you—no middleman, no agents. Our 
reputation for square dealing is 
established ; you take no risk. 
[44 Years’ Experience 
in growing true-to-name trees ha# 
taught us the proper method of hand¬ 
ling young stock. It is packed correct¬ 
ly to reach you in perfect condition. 
Send for Catalog 
Our 1924 catalog tells how 60,000 of our 
trees were certified to be true-to-name. 
It also lists shrubs, ornamental trees, 
roses, grape vines, and small fruits. 
Kelly Bros. Nurseries 
1160 Main St., Dansville, N. T. 
Established 
in 1880 
More and Better 
Qiomc QrownJru it 
to eat and preserve. 
Flowers 
to beautify the grounds. 
Our New Catalog 
Illustrated in natural colors from actual 
specimens, is yours for the asking 
CHASE BROTHERS COMPANY 
Tht Rochtitir Nurseries 
Service Dept. B Rochester, N. 
Sixty-seventh Year 
Every Peach, Apple 
and Pear Tree 
offered by us has been grown 
in our own nursery and propa¬ 
gated from a bearing orchard. 
We also furnish small fruits, asparagus, orna¬ 
mental stock, etc. 
Free descriptive catalogue mailed on request. 
Barnes Nursery & Orchard Co. 
Wallingford, Conn. Box A. 
“The Orchard Propagation Nursery” 
, Send for our money-saving cata¬ 
log on Green’s hardy Northern grown 
I fruit trees, berry bushes, ornament¬ 
als. shrubs and vines. Oldest nurse¬ 
ries selling Direct to Planters, Over 
45 years of growing and selling our 
own guaranteed stock direct to thous¬ 
ands of satisfied customers. 
Save money and be assured of 
strong, healthy trees, shrubB, vines and plants from 
the old. reliable Green’s Nursery. Our 64.Page 
catalog is worth having. Send for it today. 
Green’s Nursery Co. 
622 Green St., Rochester, N. Y, 
from NURSERY to You 
Hotbed Details 
(Continued from page 309) 
our regular ‘‘Easter blizzard” from the 
snow blanketing the bed and smothering 
and cooking the crop at the same time. 
The height of absurdity is to take chances 
with the weather after the seed is plant¬ 
ed, as many a hapless fellow does. We 
always cover the sash with “shats” every 
night—they lie close and warm, and don’t 
blow away, and are insurance against 
frost. One of the main troubles is that 
the plants grow too quickly—shoot up 
into tender, weak vines, when we want 
stocky, hardy, busby growth. Keep them 
back with plenty of cool air, but not too 
much ; common sense judgment. 
Maryland. piiiliit w. wolle. 
Old Days in New Haven, Conn. 
What changes the years do make ! Sev¬ 
enty-six years ago, when I was 10 years 
old: I lived on East St., New Ilaven. On 
the East Haven side of New Ilaven har¬ 
bor, from Tomlinson Bridge to the light¬ 
house, five miles, there was not one 
house; now it is covered with city streets, 
hotels, bathing houses, etc. Then we 
boys used to go clamming Saturdays, 
when school didn’t keep, all along that 
East Haven shore. Your Western read¬ 
ers don’t know anything about clamming, 
or what a clam looks like, probably. Long 
clams, as they are called, to distinguish 
them from the thick-shelled round clams, 
very in size from an inch long to three 
inches, and in width from a half inch to 
an inch and a half, and the big ones are 
three-fourths of an inch thick. The shell 
is jointed at the back and there is a 
“neck” about an inch long, covered with 
a rough skin, that projects from one end. 
The clam has the power to shrink this 
neck down until it is nearly all inside the 
■shell. The clams bury themselves in 
the ground about six inches deep, on the 
shore between the high water and low 
water mark. We have about six feet of 
tide in New Ilaven harbor, so there is a 
wide space uncovered at low tide. Walk¬ 
ing along this space not a clam is in 
sight, but suddenly a stream of water, 
two feet high, squirts up in front of you. 
A clam did it. and instantly he starts 
down for the bottom of his hole, and you 
start to dig him out, the tool being a 
short-handled hoe. If clams are plentiful 
you may get three or four before you get 
the one you are after. Then we dig 
around that hole and perhaps get a dozen 
or more. We schoolboys used to take a 
half-bushel market basket and our hoes 
and get the basket near filled before the 
tide came in. 
Then there was a mile to lug those 
clams home, and there wasn’t any fun in 
that. But when they were boiled for sup¬ 
per, with that fine flavor of the sea in 
them, Jimmy and I used to “get outside” 
of our share without any trouble. In 
Connecticut these clams were always sold 
shells and all by the wooden measure, 
peck, half bushel, etc., but iu New Jer¬ 
sey they were taken out of the shell and 
strung on strings and sold by the string. 
Round clams are entirely different; 
there is no protruding neck, the shell is 
six to ten times as thick, and there are 
two “eyes”—so-called—which are strong 
muscles a half inch in diameter, by which 
the clam closes or opens the shell. These 
muscles hold the shell closed so firmly 
that the usual way to open them is by 
placing the edge of a stout caseknife at 
the junction of the shells and driving it 
in by blows with a hammer until the 
“eyes” are cut off. If roasted in the 
shell it is not necessary to open them; 
they open when the clam is cooked. 
In Summer oysters spawn and are not 
good. Then small and medium-sized 
round clams are opened and served raw 
on the half shell, like oysters, in New 
York and New England restaurants. 
These round clams do not go into the 
ground, as do long clams, but float out and 
in with the tide. We boys used to get 
them by taking off all our clothing and 
wading into the water and feeling for 
them with our feet. When we felt one 
we would plunge down into the water and 
get it. We usually carried a bag to put 
them in. 
Right across the street “Lime” Bene¬ 
dict lived. He made a business of oyster- 
ing. fishing, clamming, etc. New Haven 
harbor furnished him a good living. 
Every Fall he used to furnish father 
about 20 bushels of oysters, which were 
dumped in a corner of our cellar, then 
covered with seaweed. About once a 
week we would sprinkle a pailful of fresh 
water over the pile, and the oysters would 
get fat and fine. We had roasts, stews, 
raws, whenever we wished. 
In those days the harbor was not 
staked and leased for oyster beds from 
the State, as it is now ; everything was 
free then. Then every family on East 
St. was an American family ; now there 
is scarcely an American family within a 
mile. Then there was not an Italian in 
the city ; now New Haven is an Italian 
city. The city missionary, a friend of 
mine, writes me that nearly 70 per cent 
of the school children in New Ilaven are 
Italian children. She has charge of near¬ 
ly 300 Italian families, and says that 
many of them have eight. 10, 12 to 14 
children. In American families the aver¬ 
age now is less than one to a family. 
GEORGE A. COSGROVE, 
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FRUIT and ORNAMENTAL TREES 
IVe Can Guarantee Vou Sturdy, 
Absolutely Healthy, True to Name Stock 
We know that the future profits of the men who buy our stock depend 
absolutely on our ability to furnish stock that will bear true to name— 
so Air. A. E. Maloney selects all scions for budding from trees which are 
Dealing the choicest fruit that’s why we know you will not be disappointed 
in Maloney stock. In the same way every single step from the 
importation of the seedling until the tree 
is shipped is under the personal super¬ 
vision of one of the firm. We know we 
are sending you the tree you order. 
Send today for our big Descriptive Cat¬ 
alog. It tells just the things the fruit 
grower and planter should know about 
our nursery stock. 
We guarantee our trees to arrive at 
destination in a satisfactory condition. 
Should any arrive otherwise, we expect 
the consignee .to notify us within 5 days 
i after arrival and we will immediately duplicate the unsatisfactory items. 
We Prepay Transportation Charges (see Catalog) . t 
MALONEY BROS. NURSERY CO., Inc., 36 Main St., Dansville, N. Y. ^ * 
Dansville’s Pioneer Nurseries 4 * 1 BedtltifyyourQfOUnds 
Free Catalog of TREES.SHRUBS ROSES & VINES 
Book 
FRUIT TREES, VINES, BERRIES, SHADE TREES. 
HEDGING,ROSES,SHRUBSand HARDY PERENNIALS 
We employ no agents—we deal direct with you by mail. Stock reserved now 
for shipment at planting time. Express and freight prepaid. 
OUR BEAUTIFUL 1924 CATALOG NOW READY 
An interesting and helpful book from the pen of our Martin E. King, an 
authority on Horticulture. It tells the plain truth about our guaranteed Trees 
Contains our reduced 1924 prices and accurate descriptions of several hun¬ 
dred varieties of Fruit Trees, Berries, Shrubs, Roses and Ornamental Trees 
i ells you the correct number of trees to set to the acre; how to beautify your 
home grounds. Sent absolutely free on request. Write for your copy today 
KING BROTHERS’ NURSERIES, Box 40. Dansville, New Yor 
In Business Forty-six Years 
Box 8 
Peach Trees 
We are perhaps the largest 
growersof PeachT rees in N ew 
England. Our seedlings are 
grown from disease-free seed 
and budded from healthy stock. 
These Trees develop magnifi¬ 
cent root systems in our fertile 
soil. A third of a century’s ex¬ 
perience has taught us how to 
grow Peach Trees that you can 
depend upon. Our stock also 
includes Apple, Pear, Plum and 
Cherry Trees and a variety of 
Small Fruits. 
Chir Fruit Book will interest you. Write 
for it today-- free. 
"THE BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO. 
The Original Barnet Nursery, Established 1890 
YALESVILLE, CONN* 
Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Vines, Etc. 
Fresh dug, direct from nurserv to you.J 
Beach, Apple, Fear, Plum. Cherry, — 
luince. Apricot, Trees, etc. 
Strawberry, Blackberry, Kasp- 
berry, Dewberry, Gooseberry, 
Currant, Rhubarb, Asparagus 
plants. Grape vines, etc. Shade Trees, Evergreens, Shrubs, 
Roses, Privet Hedging, etc. SATISFACTION GUARAN¬ 
TEED. Our FREE CATALOG gives prices, descriptions, 
illustrations, and complete planting and culture instruc¬ 
tions. Write today. 
BUNTING’S NURSERIES, Bax 1, Selbyville, Del. 
FRUITTREES 
BERRY PLANTS, Ornamental Shrubbery 
3 to 4-ft. Apple Trees, 25c; 3 ft. Peach, 2Dc each, 
postpaid. Guaranteed to Grow. True to Name 
Flower and Garden Seeds. Send for 1924 Catalog 
and save money, buying direct from Grower 
ALLEN S NURSERY & SEEP HOUSE Geneva, Ohio 
AppleTrees 
All of the leading varieties one and two-year-old at pre¬ 
war prices. Write for our special planters wholesale 
descriptive price list. It will save you big money. Three 
sample trees, your selection of varieties, on receipt of 81. 
BOUNTIFUL RIDGE NURSERIES Princess Anne. AM. 
Peach, Apple and Other Fruit Trees 
Grapevines, bmall Fruit Plants, Shade Trees, Shrubs 
Roses,etc. Good stock, well gradeu and carefully packed’ 
Catalog free. Established ’.891. H.J CHAMPION a SON.P.rry.Ohie 
TREES 
Grow more fruit. Increase your income Im¬ 
prove your property. Our trees grow. Free 
catalogue. MITCHELL'S NCItSEKY, Kererly, Ohio 
Plant Now 
FRUIT TREES 
NORTHERN 
GROWN 
Small Fruit Plants, Grape Vines, Roses, 
Ornamental Trees and Shrubs of all 
kinds. Established a third of a Century. 
Send for Catalog 
T. B. WEST & SONS 
MAPLE BEND NURSERY, Lock Box 140, Perry. Ohio 
DWARF APPLE TREES 
DWARF PEAR TREES 
DWARF PLUM TREES 
DWARF CHERRY TREES 
DWARF PEACH TREES 
Catalogue Free 
THE VAN DUSEN NURSERIES 
C. C. McKAY, Mgr. Box R, Geneva. N. Y. 
ROOT GRAFTS 
Delicious McIntosh and other apples. Make nice 
yearling trees by fall. 100—$3.50. 1,000 up, lower 
price. Hunter E, Markle, Martinsburg, W. Va. 
Some Special Offers 
to Introduce Our 
Stock to You. 
We will send by Parcel Post prepaid. Safe arrival In good 
condition guaranteed. 
10 Concord Grapes, No. 1 2-year-old, for. 81.50 
10 Assorted Grapes, No. 1 jg (p, 
1 # Tree8 ’ 1 ye**} 2 each. Cherry, Apple, Peach UO 
100 California Privet Hed*e Plante, 12 to 15 ine.5.00 
tTT Or all four collections for $9.00 prepaid 
Sand for REDUCED list of all kinds of TREES PLANTS 
VINES. (Established 185S. 68th Year , 
BARNES NURSERIES 
(College Hill) Cincinnati, Ohio 
Budded NutTrees Plant * ia ! d y Nonh- 
, * ern varieties, Prolific 
bearers of large, thin shelled nuts. Catalogue free 
INDIAN* NUT NUR SERY Box 55 RocKpor t, Indiana 
*4.50 per 100. 
W Bork Route 3 Lakewood, N. J. 
Kudzu Roots h. 
UlaKhIngtoii-Mary Martha Asparagus-Roots, !eed. 
If Prolific— Early— Rnst resistant. Send for price list. 
SAMUEL UURNLEY Seekonk, Mass. 
FOR SALE— TRUE DANISH BALL HEAD CABBAGE SEED 
Imported direct from Odeu.se, Denmark. *2 per lb. post¬ 
paid. C. J. (Stafford Routes Cortland, N.Y. 
TIMOTHY SEED 
Few dealers can equal Metcalf’s Recleaned Timothy, 
99.70# pure. *4.70 per bushel of 45 lbs. Metcalf’s Tim¬ 
othy and Alsike Mixed, at *5.20 per bu. of 46 lbs. Cot¬ 
ton bags free and freight paid in 5 bu. lots 
B. F. METCALF & SON, Inc. 
202-204 W. Genesee St- - Syracuse, N. Y- 
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86 varieties. Also Small Fruits,Trees,etc. Best rooted stock 
Genuine. Cheap. 2 sample vines mailed for 20c. Descriptive 
-atalog free.West Hill Nurseries.Inc., Box E, Fredonia, N.Y 
