2 JEWELL NURSERIES, INC. 
JEWELL NURSERIES, INC., is situated at the northwest 
edge of Lake City, Minnesota. Lake City is a town of 3,500 
population on the west shore of Lake Pepin, in the fertile Upper 
Mississippi Valley. 
Favored with a rich alluvial soil, the shelter of adjacent river 
valley bluffs that tower above it, and the steadying effect of Lake 
Pepin on humidity and frost conditions, this large, old nursery 
has long proven its ability and capacity to produce quality mer- 
chandise in shrubs, trees, evergreens and perennials. 
Facilities at “The Jewell’’ Consist of ... 
e Fifty thousand feet of greenhouse glass, of which about three- 
fifths is given over to the propagation and production of 
nursery stock and the remaining two-fifths devoted to produc- 
tion of potted plants, cut flowers, bedding plants and the like 
for the local retail trade. 
e Irrigation for about 52 acres of the approximately 1,000 acres 
now under the control of the nursery by an overhead “Skinner 
System.” 
e One underground storage cellar of steel reinforced. concrete 
construction 100 ft. wide and 200 ft. long with modern ventila- 
tion and electric lighting, in which sorting and grading opera- 
tions may be carried out throughout the winter. Additional 
cellars, each 50 ft by 60 ft., of similar modern construction, 
used largely for storage and winter grafting. 
e Packing House, 120 ft. by 50 ft., adjacent to private railway 
spur and concrete loading platforms. 
e Billing House of cement block construction, 200 ft. by 200 ft., 
used largely for the temporary storage of spring dug trees, 
shrubs and evergreens and for the loading of commercial 
trucks and the trucks of customers who call for their orders 
in the fall and spring. 
e Office buildings, two residences, barns and machine sheds. 
With the above facilities and a crew of seasoned and experi- 
enced nurserymen, “The Jewell” is equipped to produce, pack 
and deliver a diversified line of quality nursery stock. 
