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GRAND RAPIDS GROWERS, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigon 
Open 
Top 
Pointed 
Top 
ORCHARD LADDERS 
And Other Orchard Necessities 
“A ladder for every purpose.” We handle the 
ladders manufactured by Michigan Ladder Co., 
Ypsilanti, Michigan, and stock their— 
Open Top Orchard 
Pointed Top Orchard 
Michigan Orchard Step 
King Fruit Step 
Extension Ladders 
House Step Ladders 
in a variety of standard lengths and 
sizes. Write for prices. 
THE PACKAGE SELLS THE FRUIT 
Also bushel baskets, half bushels, 
picking baskets, ring facing shells and 
aluminum facers as well as paper lin¬ 
ers for your basket, top pads and the 
fringe to go around. Everything you 
need; in fact, everything to put out an 
attractive package. 
Michigan Orchard 
HOTKAPS 
protectors mean larger, earlier, pre- 
Protects plants from frost and other 
elements, matures crops earlier, keeps 
insects out, keeps soil soft. They are 
made of a specially prepared waxed 
paper and are conelike in shape, meas¬ 
uring about 11 inches in diameter at 
the base and coming to a point at the 
top. When placed over the plants and 
held firmly in place by the soil around 
them, Hotkaps become individual min¬ 
iature hothouses. 
Hotkap Setter. Will prove very helpful. This is a 
small steel cone, the exact shape of the Hotkap itself 
with a handle at the top. The cost of the Hotkap set¬ 
ter is nominal and it can be used a lifetime^ 
Prices: 1000 lots, $10.25; 250 pkg. with garden setter 
and tamper, $3.85; 100 home pkg. including garden 
setter and tamper, $2.65; steel tamper, 25c; garden 
setter, 50c; home garden package containing 25 Hot¬ 
kaps and cardboard setter (illustrated above), 50c, 
postage extra. Weight lOCO pkg. Hotkaps, 28 lbs.; 100 
pkg., 5 lbs.; 250 pkg., 9 lbs.; garden package, 2 lbs., 
not prepaid. 
These plant 
mium crops. 
SEED SOWER, Cy¬ 
clone. (New improved 
model). An accurate 
portable seeder, for 
all broadcast sowing 
or fertilizing. Fits 
comfortably over 
shoulder; provided 
with automatic adjust¬ 
ment for stopping flow 
of contents when re¬ 
quired. A great time 
and labor saver. $2.50 
each, not prepaid. 
BAMBOO STAKES 
For Tying Up Your Plants. 
Lightning 
Wire Plant Tie 
Each 25 100 
4 ft. li^c 30c $1.00 
5 ft. l%c 40c 1.25 
6 ft. 2c 45c 1.50 
Not postpaid. 
PLANT TIE. The Lightning Wire is 
a most convenient device for fasten¬ 
ing flowering stems to supporting 
stakes. A slight squeeze between the 
fingers and the stem is definitely 
though inconspicuously tied. Use them 
with wire, bamboo, or wood stakes. 
Economical, may be used many times 
over. 100 for 30c, postpaid; 1000 for 
$2.50, postpaid. 
VIGORO 
Complete plant food 
