Dear Friends: 
First I -want to thank 
you all for the liberal 
patronage of last year 
and trust that our serv¬ 
ices will merit your con¬ 
tinued friendship and 
business. Each year we 
have added to our acre¬ 
age, our buildings and 
equipment, and every¬ 
thing is being done to 
give you better service 
and material. 
We had another pic¬ 
ture taken of the three 
generations of Hansens 
—Prof. N. E. Hansen, 
father; Paul R. Hansen, Niels Ebbesen Hansen Paul Robert Hansen Carl Andreas Hansen 
grandson; Carl A. Han¬ 
sen, son. We also have a picture of Mrs. Carl A. Hansen and our three daughters. 
Paul, my son, though a young boy yet, has already shown quite a great interest in 
plants and he is fast learning the art of hybridizing plants. He likes to be out among 
the trees and flowers, and can quickly tell you which are the best fruits and where to 
find them. It is a little early to tell what the inclinations of the girls will be, but they 
surely like the flowers and like to be in the nursery when the fruit is ripening. 
In the summer of 1934, I accompanied my father to Russia and Siberia in search of 
more new plants and seeds to help further improve and perfect hardier fruits for the 
Northwest. During the summer and fall of 1937, Mrs. Hansen and I made a trip to Russia 
and brought back many new things from which we hope to continue in the development 
of better hardy fruits and other plants. 
Prof. N. E. Hansen, of the Horticultural Department of South Dakota State College, is 
not connected in any business way with my nursery. Naturally, my father is a great 
inspiration to me, and I only voice the opinion of thousands when I say that Prof. 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, and have made it possible and profitable 
to farm and raise fruits in new large areas. Prof. N. E. Hansen is known from coast to 
coast, and around the world. But few 
who have not heard of his plant won¬ 
ders, yet many do not know of the 
immense number of varieties he has 
introduced in all. 
Prof. Hansen 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 experi¬ 
ments he has started. It is up to us as 
a state, and as a nation, to aid in this 
great work all we can, by appropria¬ 
tions giving all the land he needs for 
his experiments, and by personal en¬ 
deavor to speed to a finish many of 
his greatest improved plant creations. 
His great accomplishments are al¬ 
ready known, but his dreams and 
plans are still part of his unfinished 
work. CARL A. HANSEN. 
Mrs. Gladys M. Hansen 
Joy Eleanor 
Helen Hollis Carlene Andra 
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