; Good T rees Are Great 
Money ‘Makers 
mn SAMUEL FRAZER 
rom T he American Agriculturist) 
Think of the time Na energy hich the blagter dod his children. 
will waste growing a scrub tree when they might be reaping dollars: 
_ by caring for a good one! We never get something for nothing. 
It costs more to grow a tree right than to grow a scrub. 
_ The public can get what it pays for and no more. The a 
grower who wants a tree well-grown on first-class roots, propagated 
with care will have to pay enough to reimburse ie the additional. 
¢ pepeate: | in raNgeasbsly 3 : 
GETTING YOUR MONEY’S WORTH > 
The possibility of the tree repaying the expenditure depends to 
an enormous extent upon the judgment used in the first purchase. 
If a cheap, ody aon tree is Preeti one may never ike the | 
reward. 
rit is interesting to note that the yield of the bearing trees of 
the United States is frequently one-tenth of a barrel per tree; in 
other words, there are a lot of drones in the orchards. For the . 
live producers the important acter is: Am I going to plant 
a drone tree or a a producer? | 
- PEDIGREED TREES PAY BIG 
‘There are apple orchards which are averaging 10 barcels't a tree. 
These orchards for a term of years will run in a gross revenue from. 
$20. 00, to as. high as $40.00 a tree; in other words, one single apple 
tree will turn in as much money as an acre of beans or wheat or 
as much revenue as the hain Sah cow and have to feed her three. 
times a day and milk her twice. 
The same farmer who is going to buy an apple tree, when he 
contemplates purchasing a horse will always prefer and pay more 
for a well-bred, well put up, close-coupled work horse, because he- 
can do more work. If he is well-bred he is worth more than a scrub. _ 
“He will pay more for a cow capable of producing 10,000 pounds 
of milk than for one whose maximum is 4,000. Why not use the 
R same pene in ote trees? | | 

ot SHIPPING INFORMATION | | 
COVERING STRAWBERRY PLANTS — BA 
- Many people have the mistaken idea that August is the best time 
to plant Strawberry Plants. The fact is, the only plants which could 
possibly be planted in August are either Old Plants which have 
_ borne one or more crops of Fruit, or Pot Plants. The first are not 
satisfactory and the. second are impractical. 
The plants we sell are field grown New Plants, have never borne 
fruit and under normal growing conditions it is impossible to de- 
velop a rugged, heavy, fibrous-rooted new plant for August ship- 
‘ment. They are not fully developed until late September, but be- 
cause of their ‘vitality and ruggedness will become established in 
their new home peters Winter, sets in. 
