Shrubs, the majority of these when planting or soon 
after may be reduced somewhat but in after years should 
not be cut back in the fall or winter but only after the 
blossom season is over as the blooms appear mainly on the 
previous season’s growth. While the Hydrangeas should be 
cut back hard before spring growth starts, leaving only 3 
or 4 buds to each stub of the branch. Hedges—Privet and 
Barberry, should be cut back when planted, especially the 
Privets should be cut about one half of the tops, and 
summer pruning will help greatly in making the hedge 
thicker and more uniform. 
It has been said that 50% of the fruit trees that die the 
first year is mainly caused by the fact that they were not 
cut back when planted. It stands to reason that it is quite 
a shock to trees to be dug and replanted. If a tree is left 
unpruned, there may be a thousand to two thousand buds, 
and if the tree is healthy, all these buds may try to grow, 
this is too much of a strain on the roots. Therefore, cut 
the branches back and give the few buds a chance as well 
as the roots. 
The Longevity of Fruit Plants 
W HILE it is not wise to hold a strawberry bed over 
for more than two years' fruiting, although some 
have had paying crops a third year. 
Raspberries and blackberry plants have been known to 
produce paying crops for 25 years or more. The most 
profitable field of the purple raspberry we ever had fruited 
for 16 years, the biggest yield being picked the 12th year. 
One day I saw a bunch of pickers, picking blackberries, 
and the owner assured me that he had cropped the field 
for 36 years. A small planting on the old nursery fruited 
favorably for 25 years. Cfurrants and gooseberries are found 
fruiting today in old gardens that we replanted 50 years 
ago. A bed of asparagus planted on the old nursery in 
1880, now grown over with sod, but some good stalks 
showed up in the spring of 1938. 
It is true the above refers to the planting and fruiting 
times when we were not pestered with so many insects and 
diseases of fruits, so that possibly in the case of the best 
bush fruits of today, one should not well expect to harvest 
such big crops for so many years. 
OUR GENERAL SPRING 1939 DISCOUNT is on aU 
orders received by us on or before March 15th, cash with 
order, at our printed prices found in this booklet. We will 
allow a discount of 10% on all each and ten prices, no 
discount on 100 and 1,000 prices. 
Those who received our spring 1938 price list will see 
that we have reduced the prices for 1939, in some in¬ 
stances, 25% or more, so that for a given sum, you can 
secure a fourth more stock, and if you have room for a 
considerable planting of shrubs as listed under our 50% 
offer, you would receive a double number. 
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