
A Commoh Sones Talk _ : 
On Quality 
Remember Topsy, the little pickaniny of ehta Tom’s Cabin? 
Topsy “jest growed.” 
But Superior Quality Nursery Stock doesn’t “jest grow.” 
No indeed! Superior Quality Nursery Stock is the result of 
ideal climate, good rich soil and exacting care combined with: 
SIX POINTS OF SUPERIORITY THAT RESULT ~ 
IN GENUINE SATISFACTION TO YOU : 
Pedigreed Parentage 
Shield-Type Budding Protection 
Scientific Root and Top Pruning 
Nu-Way Spacing 
Entire Root-Wrap Moisture Control 
Official Inspection 
The now famous Six Point Program of Superiority is winning 
hosts of friends every season. That’s the best proof of the Prize 
Winning Quality of stock produced as a 2M of these five scien- 
tific steps in propagation. 
PEDIGREED PARENTAGE 
Why does one apple tree come into bearing a year or two 
earlier than another? PEDIGREED PARENTAGE! Why are 
apples on the good tree larger, heavier, juicier, of a fine, full 
bodied rich flavor and of excellent keeping qualities, while from 
the ordinary tree that “jest growed” the fruit is sparce and small 
and of a decidedly poor flavor? PEDIGREED PARENTAGE! 
Why does a superior quality shrub or rose in the home owner’s 
garden develop into a vigorous, hardy, full sized plant bearing 
a profusion of large, strong-stemmed, brilliantly colored blooms, 
while the ordinary bush is a comparative weakling? PEDI- 
GREED PARENTAGE! 
Pedigreed Parentage means selecting and discarding, picking 
and choosing, till exactly the right seedling stock is obtained and 
then the union (or marriage) with it of the finest and most 
appropriate type of budding stock. 
That is Pedigreed Parentage. 
SHIELD TYPE BUDDING PROTECTION 
Scientific experiments have definitely shown that the methods 
of budding formerly employed, where this important operation 
was done in the cheapest way, resulted in nursery stock distinctly 
inferior to Pedigreed Stock. 
To meet the exacting standards of Shield Type Budding Pro- 
tection the cut which is made in the seedling (root stock) for 
the purpose of inserting the bud (variety stock), is a Shield Type 
incision. 
The operation must be done at exactly the right time, when 
both the seedling and bud variety are in proper condition for 
growth, The bud must be of just the proper maturity to slide 
in the incision without forcing, which might injure the bud and 
weaken the plant. 
SHIELD TYPE BUDDING PROTECTION is a most im- 
portant factor in the production of finest quality nursery stock 
of genuine value. 
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