Niels Ebbesen Hansen 
Paul Robert Hansen 
Carl Andreas Hansen 
Dear Friends: 
Well, folks, here 
we are again, to 
thank you old 
friends for the pa¬ 
tronage of last 
year, and to wel¬ 
come you new¬ 
comers who are 
getting our cata¬ 
logue for the first 
time now. We sin¬ 
cerely hope that 
our services will 
merit your contin¬ 
ued friendship 
and business. 
The biggest addition to our nursery and equipment this last year was another 
big field where we can carry on the propagation of some of these new things and 
get them in larger numbers for distribution throughout the country. We have also 
increased our general equipment and are trying to keep up with the demand for 
these new plants. 
As for us personally, we haven't changed a bit, look about the same and feel 
the same toward our multitude of customer friends—always glad to hear from you 
and to do all we can to provide you with plants and service to beautify your sur- 
soundings and increase the value of your property. 
I have some wonderfully encouraging prospects among the plants and seeds I 
brought from Russia in 1937, when Mrs. Hansen and I went over there to get plant 
materials for developing new hardy fruits and ornamentals for you. Some of the 
plants I brought back from there are ready and others will be completed soon. 
In time we hope to get these experiments worked out and will offer them to you, 
from time to time, as soon as they are ready. 
My father, Dr. N. E. Hansen, of the Horticulture Department of South Dakota State 
College, is working harder than ever to complete the many experiments he has 
under way and is also starting new ones, to give to the world the hardiest and 
most improved strains of fruits and ornamentals. Although he isn't connected in 
a business way with my nursery, he is naturally a great inspiration to me, and 
I only voice the opinion of thousands when I say that Dr. N. E. Hansen is the 
greatest plant breeder of all time, and he has done more to improve plant crops in 
the Prairie States than anyone else. His plant creations have increased land values 
of the Northwest by millions of dollars. Dr. N. E. Hansen is known from coast to 
coast, and around the world. He has many experiments and plant improvements 
still to come if he is helped in the right way. It takes years of thoughtful endeavor 
and painstaking care to perfect each new creation. It is well to remember that 
geniuses do not live forever, and no one can rightfully complete, after he is gone, 
the many great experiments he has started. His great accomplishments are already 
known, but his dreams and plans are still part of his unfinished work. 
It is well that we, as a state and nation, give all the assistance we can to aid 
Dr. N. E. Hansen in carrying on his work of improving plants, and give all honor 
and credit to this truly great man while we can. 
CARL A. HANSEN. 
TERMS 
Sacks or Packing FREE. 
Payments by cash, money order, or check. If by check, please add 5 cents extra 
for float charges. 
All shipments of Seeds or Plants will be sent collect for the delivery charges 
unless otherwise stated, by what we consider the best and cheapest way. Small 
shipments of plants may be sent by mail collect for the postage, plus handling 
fees, or if you add 10% to your remittance we will send them prepaid. If seed or 
plant shipments are to be sent to a prepaid station, be sure to include the shipping 
charges. 
South Dakota customers please add the 3% Sales Tax. 
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