Pruning made easier with good tools 
1. Malaga Special Light Tree Shear. These pruners are made from 
the best grade of materials available. Cutting blade and hook, 
forged from the finest quality steel, with flat shanks, are bolted on 
to 22" hickory handles with specially designed bolts that are 
easily tightened. Weight, only 2 pounds. Price $4.75 each. 
2. Yucca Tree Protectors. Handy wires facilitate adjustment about 
the trunks of young trees. Prices on page 59. 
3. Hand Pruning Shear (Rieser Pattern). An excellent hand shear 
equipped with full polished handles and double brass spring, 
ratchet adjusting nut. Bleeder blade of fine quality steel. Over-all 
length, SVa"; weight, only 1 pound. Price $3.50 each. 
4. Pruning Knife. A handy knife for every gardener's pocket. 
Equipped with a sturdy blade of fine steel, this knife will find a 
multitude of uses in garden and orchard. Length closed, ■ 
Price $1.50 each. 
Three Favorite 
STRAWBERRIES 
1 50 
to 49 to 499 500 up 
Price each ..$ .03 $ .02 $ .01V 2 
Write for prices on larger quantities. 
Banner. The leading variety for both 
commercial planting and the home gar¬ 
den in territories near San Francisco 
Bay. The berry is a beautiful deep red; 
large, sweet and with fine flavor. The 
fruit is firm and ships well. It bears 
heavily over a long period and the 
plants are long lived. 
Dorsett. Introduced by the U. S. Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture in 1934 and trial 
plantings made in California in 1935. 
Produces heavier crops than any other 
commercial variety tested by the De¬ 
partment, and has a long producing 
season. On heavy soils, plants must be 
allowed to run, as matting will curtail 
production. The berry is very large, 
firm, beautiful, and most important is 
superior in quality to most other berries. 
The color is light red and they make 
attractive display when in the basket. 
Progressive Everbearing. The best so- 
called everbearing strawberry. Bears 
heavily for many months during the 
year. The fruit is medium in size, a 
deep red color, with good flavor. A good 
home garden sort. 
Three Tasty 
RASPBERRIES 
1 11 50 
to 10 to 49 to 499 
Red raspberries.$ .10 $ .08 $ .06 
Write for prices on 500 or more. 
Cuthbert. (Red) Our best home garden 
variety and also an important commer¬ 
cial sort, especially in southern Califor¬ 
nia. The fruit is a deep red and of ex¬ 
cellent quality. Mid-season. 
Ranaree. (St. Regis) The best commer¬ 
cial red raspberry for central California. 
The berries are bright red, medium in 
size, and firm. Has a very long ripening 
season and ships remarkably well. 
Cumberland Black Cap. The leading 
black raspberry. The fruit is of fine ap¬ 
pearance, tastes good, keeps well, and 
sells well. Every berry grower should 
have a few Black Caps. (Priced the 
same as blackberries.) 
NEW THORNLESS 
LOGANBERRY 
(Plant Patent 82). A new variety 
having strong growing, thornless 
canes. Berries larger than com¬ 
mon variety with longer fruiting 
season. Promises to become an 
important berry for home plant¬ 
ing and commercial use. 
1 11 50 to 
to 10 to 49 499 
Each —.$ .25 $ .20 $ .15 
Write for prices on larger quanti¬ 
ties. 
CULTURAL SUGGESTIONS FOR 
BERRY PLANTS 
Boysenberries, Blackberries, Youngber- 
ries and Loganberries. These should be 
set six feet apart in rows about six feet 
apart. This planting distance may be 
varied somewhat to conform to your 
particular fence if such a planting is 
desired. The first season's growth 
.should be devoted to securing sturdy 
plants, and the first canes may be left 
on the ground if not in the way. After 
the plants have begun to grow, an ap¬ 
plication of well-rotted manure is de¬ 
sirable. A second application in the fall 
vfill assist the plant toward good pro¬ 
duction the following season. Berry 
plants require regular irrigation for 
best results. Begin to train the vines on 
fence or trellis as soon as the first strong 
canes appear from the center of the 
plants in the second growing season. 
Raspberries. Because they make small¬ 
er vines, raspberries may be spaced 
about two feet apart in rows. While a 
half-dozen plants will suffice for the 
average family of some varieties, it 
will take two dozen plants to provide 
the average family with raspberries. 
Follow the same general cultural direc¬ 
tions as above. It should be noted that 
raspberries must have careful irriga¬ 
tion throughout the growing season. 
Strawberries. Set the plants one foot 
apart in single or double rows with a 
furrow between them for irrigation. If 
bearing during the first season is de¬ 
sired, the runners must be kept picked 
off. Fertilize the plants after they begin 
to grow by application in the furrows, 
and irrigate regularly throughout the 
growing season. 
VEGETABLES 
. . . AU SeoAxuiA. 
ARTICHOKES AND RHUBARB 
1 to 10 11 to 49 50 or 
Plants Plants More 
Price ..$ .20 $ .15 $ .I 2 V 2 
Globe Artichoke. This is the artichoke 
of commerce. We supply strong, young 
suckers capable of producing a good 
crop of buds the summer following 
planting. The young plants should be 
set out about three feet apart each way 
in loose, fertile soil. Provide regular 
irrigation and clean cultivation. Care 
should be taken in cultivating that none 
of the soil lodge in the crown of the 
growing plants, as this will lead to suf¬ 
focation of those parts of the plant from 
which the young stems arise. The arti¬ 
choke is a perennial enjoying the mild 
winters in most sections of California 
and is capable of producing three or 
four seasons. 
Crimson Winter Rhubarb. This is a vig¬ 
orous growing variety producing large, 
succulent stalks throughout the winter. 
As the production of the large, fleshy 
leaf stems depends upon the plant-food 
stored in the roots, careful attention to 
its culture will reward the home gar¬ 
dener with an abundance of stalks. 
Cultivate and irrigate regularly and 
provide an application of fertilizer at 
least once each season. 
ASPARAGUS 
White asparagus is produced by ridg¬ 
ing the soil above the plants so the 
shoots will be kept below ground. Plant 
the crowns in rows about six feet apart 
with the plants 24 inches apart in the 
row. They should be set from eight to 
ten inches deep. They are first covered 
with only two or three inches of soil 
and more soil is gradually added as the 
shoots begin to grow. Do not cut the 
shoots the first year. 
1 to 10 11 to 49 50 or 
Plants Plants More 
Price .$ .03 $ •02*/2 $ 02 
Mary Washington. The leading com¬ 
mercial variety grown today. Produces 
large, vigorous, uniform shoots of very 
good quality. Highly rust resistant. 
Palmetto. A variety quite resistant to 
rust and adapted to nearly all sections. 
Very early and a heavy yielder. 
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