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 due largely 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. 
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 particularly 
White pine, may be short-lived if planted in very rich soil such as an old feed 
lot, or where drainage from a feed lot runs onto them. The Bull pine will 
do well on very dry gravelly soil. In places where it is quite wet at times, 
spruce will do better. 
PESTS. Red Spider or Mite causes much damage if there are not frequent 
dashing showers in early summer to destroy the young spiders. A rusty ap¬ 
pearance is likely to be due to spider. Water applied under a high pressure 
to the tops every few days is an effective remedy. Pine Needle Scale is found 
almost everywhere and under favorable conditions may become a serious 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. With fre¬ 
quent dashing showers through June, when the young are crawling, neither 
of these pests are likely to be serious. 
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 transplanting. 
Douglas Fir—Douglas Spruce, 
Size 
Each 
per 10 
per 100 
70-80 ft. 
..15- 
-18 
in. 
XX 
$0.50 
$4.50 
$40.00 
This Colorado type endures drought 
18- 
-24 
in. 
XX 
.70 
6.50 
60.00 
remarkably and is considered one 
2- 
- 3 
ft. 
XX 
.90 
8.50 
80.00 
of the very best for windbreak plant- 
ing. 
Pine—Bull, Pinus Ponderosa, Western 
Yellow Pine, 50-60 ft. 
..18- 
-24 
in. 
XX 
.50 
4.50 
40.00 
A native of the Black Hills, with 
2- 
- 3 
ft. 
XX 
.60 
5.50 
50.00 
very long needles and stout branches, 
3- 
- 4 
ft. 
XX 
.75 
7.00 
65.00 
not broken by heavy sleet or storms. 
Not injured by drought and heat. 
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