Do You Know the Difference? 
A large grower of Apple Seedlings once said to us—“You tell the trade too much about 
Apple Seedlings, you will find it is harder to sell an educated customer than it is one who knows 
nothing about what makes a good seedling. All this talk about spraying—late digging, etc. 
—you had better not say too much, because there may come a year when you will want to 
dig early or do not want to spend the money on spraying—then you will be in the same 
boat with us.” 
We overheard a small grower of seedlings say “Yes, the leaves dropped off my stocks 
early—I could not afford to spray at the price I was offering them for—but I can exchange 
them for Peach trees.” 
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This is often the case—where seedlings are not good enough to sell they can be 
worked off in an exchange deal. 
We received a letter saying “We can buy No. 1 Apple Seedlings for 25c per M., lessN 
than you offer.” Do you know what constitutes a No. 1 Straight root Apple Seedling, 
or are there several kinds of No. 1 Straight root Apple Seedlings? 
Now honestly did you ever get No. 1 Apple Seedlings that were worth only one-lialf 
as much as those you received at other times? 
A grower of Seedlings asked us seriously —“Does it pay to spray with Bordeau?” 
and then he remarked “You cannot get any more for your seedlings than we do for ours 
and we never spray.” 
There is a difference, do you know it? 
Our No. 1 Straight Apple Seedlings are stocks that have been sprayed with Bordeau 
—they are straight collared, and run 3-16 and up at the collar, and also 3-16 and up seven 
inches below the collar (60 per cent, at least of the stocks run 1-4 inch at the collar). 
If you want better seedlings try ours. 
F. W. Watson & Co., 
Topeka, Kansas. 
Apple and Pear Seedling Specialists. 
