Dear Friends! 
The picture at the left is an 
actual photograph taken of groto- 
ing fruit trees on my own ex^ 
perimental farm* 
About ten years ago I started 
planting on this experimental 
farm all of the things i felt 
confident every person should 
have on their own place* The 
proof of the pudding is in the 
eating, and today this 24~acre ex¬ 
perimental farm has proven to 
me * * * and now I want to prove 
it to you in pictures * • • that 
you can have these things cour¬ 
se//, 
EARL MAY 
May 5, 1938—“I am sending you 
a picture of one of your Waneta 
Plum trees I set out 2 years 
ago. Last year one of my neigh- 
Millions of dollars worth 
of fruit each year PROVES 
CaU Moif. trees pay best 
My whole business has been built on a firm 
foundation. We make no extravagant claims, 
no “wild” statements—just honest descriptions. 
You can buy with confidence all Nursery and 
Seed items listed in this book—See our guar¬ 
antee on page 5. 
All my nursery stock has been carefully graded 
by men of long experience in the nursery busi¬ 
ness, using the Grading Standards established 
by the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of NUR¬ 
SERYMEN. 
All fruit trees are 2 and 3 years old. They 
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are graded by height and caliper (Diameter 
of tree trunk near the ground line as grown 
in the nursery row.) 
All of my fruit trees are listed as follows: 
Giant Grade or “Quick Crop” size. 5-6 ft. tall. 
Heavily branched and heavily rooted—11/16" 
to 1 inch caliper. Our very best trees—no 
better trees can be bought at any price. 
Select Grade 4-5 ft. tall. Strong, well branched 
and well rooted—9/16" to 7/16" caliper. Not 
quite as tall as our Giant Grade. This is the 
size most firms offer as their best grade. 
Standard Grade—3-4 ft. tall. Sturdy, branched 
“Orchard size” trees. Excellent root system— 
7/16" to 9/16" caliper. This is the size trees 
most orchardists prefer to plant. 
Please Note: By nature. Peach and Apricot trees 
are not as heavily branched as other fruits. 
Our 2-year 5/16" caliper Peach trees are the 
most popular size with Orchardists. 
There's Always room ior 
Fruit Trees... 
These trees pictured above are growing in my 
own orchard, on my own experimental farm 
here at Shenandoah, Iowa. On this farm I have 
Oaks, Evergreens, Elms, Sycamores, Birch, and 
a lot of fruit trees, in addition to hundreds and 
hundreds of fine ornamental shrubs. 
In fruit trees, I have Cherries, Plums, and 
about 20 different varieties of Apples; also a 
fine Grape vineyard. Strawberries, Currants, 
Gooseberries, and this past season, Boysen- 
berries. They made a wonderful growth. I’m 
expecting a lot of fruit this coming summer. 
I hope you people will plant trees. You know, 
an Apple orchard is sure to bear you several 
crops besides the Apple. There is a crop of 
fine remembrances, dating from childhood when 
you played there as a child. Then there’s the 
never-failing crop of birds and blossoms. A 
tree will become an old friend of yours if you’ll 
give it that chance. 
bors came over and we measured 
some of the plums. Several mea¬ 
sured inches around and 
were they ever delicious. I am 
always glad to show people our 
fruit trees of which we have 
a 2 year old pear tree which is 
in bloom now. All are doing 
fine, and also a fine strawberry 
bed set from your plants. We 
have used all your seed in our 
gardens for several years. We 
wouldn’t think of using any 
other.”—Mrs. F. B., Marshall¬ 
town, Iowa. 
March 7, 1938—‘‘Six years ago 
I bought from you 370 Peach 
trees. The trees were hailed hard 
one summer and grasshoppers 
and drouth hit them two sum¬ 
mers. In spite of all that, we 
still have 320 fine trees. We re¬ 
ceived 2 crops the last two 
years, fine Peaches, too; so I 
am very proud of my fine or¬ 
chard.”—E. K., Clay Center, 
Kansas. 
October 30, 1938—“Last June 
I purchased some fruit trees at 
your store here in Maryville, 
among them was an Anoka 
Apple tree. Your catalog states 
that these trees will bear Apples 
the next year after they are 
planted. Believe it or not, my 
tree has Apples on it now and 
people who have seen it say 
that they never heard of any¬ 
thing like it before. I intend 
to buy some more trees next 
spring, and some more Anoka 
trees will be in my purchase. 
I also bought some rose bushes, 
and I am sure proud of them 
for every one has bloomed.”— 
E. C., Maryville, Missouri. 
September 19, 1938—“I am 
writing you about some Peach 
trees I bought from you three 
years ago. I have two trees and 
they had two bushels of Peaches 
on them this year. They were 
the largest Peaches I ever saw. 
Some of them measured IIV 2 
inches around, and the smallest 
measured 10 inches. I could have 
sold them for two dollars a 
peck.”—H. L., Brookfield, Mis¬ 
souri. 
Enjoy a Lifetime Supply of Fruit 
FOR ONLY A FEW DOLLARS 
THE IDEAL HOME ORCBTARD No. 710 
6 APPLE'S: Double Red Delicious, Red 
Rome Beauty, Yellow Transparent, 'STellow 
Delicious, Solid Red Jonathan, Wealthy. 
2 CHERRIES : Montmorency, English Mor- 
ello. 
2 PLUMS: Underwood, Waneta. 
10 well branched, heavy rooted fruit trees. 
Giant 5-6 ft., 11/16" for $4.59, Express. 
Standard 3-4 ft. 7/16" for $2.98, Prepaid. 
THE SUPERIOR FRUIT ORCHARD 
No. 711 
4 PEACHES: Polly, Champion, El- 
berta, J. H. Hale. 
2 APRICOTS: Chinese Golden, Superb. 
2 PEARS: Bartlett, Kieffer. 
8 Selected Fruit Trees 
Giant 4-6 ft., for $3.49, Express. 
Standard 2-4 ft., for $1.95, Prepaid. 
COMPLETE FAMILY ORCHARD No. 712 
18 Trees listed above Giant Size, $7.75, Express. 
18 Trees listed above Standard Size, $4.75, Prepaid. 
