Price List, 1937 
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John Robertson's Nursery 
Hot Springs, South Dakota 
It will be 41 years ago next spring since we planted the first 
apple trees on our place, and we still have those first trees living 
and bearing fruit. Our place is located in the Black Hills section of 
Fall River county, South Dakota. We have dry subsoil land, get an 
average rainfall of around 17 inches, do not have any way of ir¬ 
rigating, but get the needed moisture by spacing all trees and other 
plants, including that of garden and field crops, much farther apart 
than is customary, then keeping all weeds and other crops out from 
between. In beginning, we spaced apple trees 30 feet apart each 
way; later we spaced some at 40 feet. During late years we have 
dug out a number of trees in parts of the orchard where the roots 
have met up in competition with each other, so requiring more 
moisture than space between affords. We head all trees low too, 
including plums and other fruits, because this way induces earlier 
and heavier bearing, with less effect from winds, easier picking, 
longer life, and better in most every way. Our main occupation is 
the growing of fruits for market, so nursery stock is only a small 
side issue. We are quite often sold out in this line each spring, so 
it is not often that we have many of the larger sizes to offer. We 
have over 150 varieties of apples on the place, many of which are only 
on trial by top grafting on bearing trees. This system has given us 
dturfe. 
