Snyder Bros. (Inc.), Center Point, Iowa 
Bare Rooted Evergreens 
EVERGREENS 
TRANSPLANTING. All evergreens we offer are dug fresh as sent out. If 
the buyer comes to the Nursery after them, which is the best way to do, they 
can be lifted directly from the row to his truck or trailer and have a minimum 
of exposure. This is very important. If the roots of evergreens once become 
thoroughly dry in handling or planting they cannot be revived, as can other 
trees. Failure in transplanting them is largely due to allowing them to become 
dry while planting, to not packing good mellow soil; or much better yet a 
mixture of equal parts of such soil and pulverized, moist peat, very firmly 
around the roots; or to not watering them and conserving the moisture about 
them through the summer by frequent shallow cultivation or by mulching. 
An area 3 to 4 inches deep and 3 feet in diameter or as wide as the spread of 
the tree can be filled with pulverized peat instead of soil and will provide 
the ideal means of getting water into the soil about the roots and holding it 
there. 
SPACING. For single row windbreaks plant Pines and Spruces 7 to 8 
feet apart for double rows of Pines or Spruces 10 to 12 feet. For low hedges 
to be sheared, plant 18 to 24 inches apart, depending on the size of the plants. 
SOILS. Plant Pines on dry or well drained soil. All pines, and partic¬ 
ularly White Pine, may be short-lived if planted in very rich soil such as an 
old feed lot, or where the drainage from a feed lot runs onto them. The 
Bull Pine will do well on very dry gravelly soil. In places where it is auite 
wet at times, Spruce will do better. 
PESTS. Red Spider or Mite causes much damage sometimes in the grow¬ 
ing season. A rusty appearance is likely to be due to it. Water applied 
under a high pressure to the tops every few days is an effective remedy. 
Pine Needle Scale is found almost everywhere and sometimes becomes a ser¬ 
ious pest. White spots on the leaves of pine or spruce are likely due to it. 
Both this and Red Spider can be controlled by a single thorough spraying 
with Lime Sulphur such as orchardists use, in the regular dormant strength 
(1 to 8 of water) applied on warm days in spring before the new growth 
starts. Soluble oil sprays also are effective, but must be used with much 
caution. Frequent dashing showers through June, when the young are 
crawling will control them. 
BARE ROOTED EVERGREENS 
PRICES, in this section are for unsheared trees and do not include 
Ball and Burlap: if wanted that way, the expense of making it and cost of 
handling the additional weight must be added. Each X represents one trans¬ 
planting. 
Douglas Fir—Douglas Spruce, 
Size 
Each 
Per 10 
Per 100 
70 to 80 ft.. 
.15-18 in. 
XX 
$0.50 
$4.50 
$40.00 
This Colorado type endured the heat 
18-24 in. 
XX 
.60 
5.50 
50.00 
and drought of 1936 better than any 
other spruce or fir. 
Pine—Bull, Pinus Ponderosa, Western 
Yellow Pine, 50 to 60 ft. 
..18-24 in. 
XX 
$0.50 
$4.50 
$40.00 
A native of the Black Hills, with very 
2- 3 ft. 
XX 
.60 
5.50 
50.00 
long needles and stout branches, not 
3- 4 ft. 
XX 
.75 
6.50 
60.00 
broken by heavy sleet or storms. Not 
injured by drought and heat. 
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