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EARL MAY'S SPRING NURSERY AND SEED NEWS ° 21st ANNIVERSARY ° SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
“A DREAM COMES TRUE" 
These actual photographs were taken by 
E. F. English of his home in Boone 
County, Missouri. Top one shows the 
home as it was in September, 1939, and 
the lower one as it is today, thanks to the 
Earl May Landscape Service. All shrubs 
were purchased from us and this beautiful 
lawn of theirs was seeded with my famous 
“MAYPARK LAWN MIXTURE". (Sce 
page 47 in Nursery and Seed catalog.) 
TRY OUR 
LANDSCAPING SERVICE 
It produces. results, as you can clearly see by the 
above pictures “Before” and “After.” We have a 
trained landscape architect, who can draw up a plan 
to fit yc laine ; a “ 2 card or letter will bring 2ou- 
full det... SR Bie Service: 



Landscape Offer 
gs Here’s a wonderful landscape spe- 
cial. 6 healthy, well rooted, well 
branched Extra Select 18 inch size 
ALL RED SPIREA SHRUBS. 
2 Froebel—Purple foliage, red 
|. flowers 
ARE YOU HUNGRY? 
Maybe you’re not hungry, but what about your 
wae cenctablee flowers, trees and shrubs? You 
couldn’t work day after day without the proper nour- 
ishment, and neither can they. Why not try feeding 
them and see what a great difference it will make. 
I have tried it and the results are amazing. Here’s 
something new this year and it’s just what youve 
been waiting for. It's my new PLANT FOOD, a per; 
fectly balanced fertilizer with PLANT vigor. It gives 
quick results, is easily applied, and will do wonders 
for your home planting. If you want big crops, beau- 
tiful green lawns and extra large: blooming flowers, 
USE IT! As a special introductory offer rll send 
you a big 5 Ib. bag of this wonderful new PLANT 
FOOD for only 49c, and that’s Postpaid to you. 
Friends, you can’t beat it. 
"WE KNOW OUR MELONS" 
Says Sherman Kruggel as he rests his chin on that big 
“Dixie Queen" watermelon. That’s Shirley and Stanley, 
brother and sister, with him. Their mother and customer 
of mine, Mrs. J. B. Kruggel, Atchison, Kansas, sent me 
this picture. It’s only a sample of the kind of melons 
you can raise from my “Dixie Queen” seed. 
Here’s a little special offer I’m going to make you 
folks now, so send me your order. 
HOME MELON PATCH 41 For onty 
See Boe 
VY ib. Watermelon—Dixie Queen 
POSTPAID 

This is little Karle Banttie, 5-year-old neighbor boy of 
Mrs. E. B. Lister, Linden, lowa. He's holding an 8 Ib. head 
of cabbage and a bif stock beet. All the vegetables m the 
pictute were grown from my Garden Seed. 
1 oz. Watermelon—Wilt Res. Kieckly Sweet 
1 oz. Watermelon—Early Canada 
1 oz. Watermelon—Stone Mountain 
1 oz. Muskmelon—Hearts of Gold 
(Reg. Catalog Value 85c) 


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ay'S ALL SEASON | 
ORDER No. SN778 

“FAITH" 
Boy: I want 2c worth | 
of bird seed. ey 
6 for anly 89c el ; 
2 Aathony Waterer—Everblooming Dealer: How many aes 
ed. i cA 
2 sera Row bias mave you | APPLE COLLECTION | 
Boy: None, I want to | ORDER No. SN625 


ALL RED grow some. 5 . 
SPIREA a Friends, if you want healthy, well rooted, young, vigorous, thrifty apple 
(Postpaid) rees like I plant on my own farm (picture below! pliant this ALL:SEASON 
‘APPLE COLLECTION, including 8 outstanding varieties. You will get— 
2 Yellow Delicious (Early 
Winter) 
of Anoka (Early Summer) 
1 Yellow Transparent (Mid- 
"IT'S A TRUE FACT" 

“Last year we planted 1 Ib. of Earl May’s beans. Bee ciara 2 All Red Delicious (Late Fall) 
We sold 10 to 15 bu. and canned over 100 quarts. =| 2 Wealthy (Early Fall) 
Picked as high as 4 bu. at one time. Also planted © 2 All Red Jonathan (Early 1 Crimson Winesap (Winter) 
1 Grimes Golden (Late Fall) 
$225 
POSTPAID 
* Winter) 
12 
2 oz. of his cucumber seed and put down 30 gal. in 
brine and sold 10 to 15 bu.,”’ says Wm. Foxhoven, 
Rt. 2, Earling, Iowa. 
Wen fo the same — Double your garden space 
3! this year 
Big, well rooted 3 to 4 ft. 
1 yr. old Trees, only....... 


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OUR JUBILEE FLOWER DISPLAY 
September, 1940 
Big Value 
GLAD COLLECTION 
ORDER No. SN286 
A lot of you people like to buy Glads by 
color so you can plant a row of them in your 
garden and have cut flowers during the sum- 
mer. That’s why I’m making up this special 
offer of these “Big Value” varicties, selected 
by myself from named varieties. I guarantee 
that you will get 10 different color combina- 
tions. Extra Select size bulbs, and all Postpaid. 
05 for only $790 
"I Guarantee A Bloom 
in Every Bulb" 

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WORLD'S FINEST 
DAHLIAS 
“MY JUBILEE COLLECTION 
ORDER No. SN225 
Here’s an outstanding collection of 6 grand Dahlias that 
I offered you people at my last Jubilee. I-had eo many 
orders then that I am offering it to you again. Each plant 
will have lots and lots of blooms, and grow 4 to 5 feet. 
high. They will amaze you and bloom at the time of the 
year when other flowers are scarce. | guarantee them to 
ee you. In Ney coer ay fe one each of the 
ollowing varicties: Avalon—yellow; Jersey Beauty—pink; 
Red Jersey Beauty; Mrs. |. de Ver Warrer—rose-lilac; ” 
Jane Cowl—Bronze-gold; White King. 
FOR ONLY ..9100 
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REMEMBER! Earl May's Nursery Stock Is Guaranteed to Grow. See Page I 
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