
COMPARE 2fvu-nun TREES wi 
Your tree planting is not an annual task, You expect most trees to last as long as 
you do, A mistake may not be discovered for years and you cannot afford to plant 
‘just trees,” Do not take chances for a few cents in first cost. The right tree at 
bearing age is worth many dollars, while the wrong tree is a liability, after wasting 
valuable time and several times the cost, in care, 
Too many nurseries solicit on “price-appeal.” Ordinary trees and plants propagated 
from “row-run” grafting wood have only low values to offer, 
When low prices are the theme, short cuts and cheap methods also must be practiced in grow- 
ing and handling, Time for carefulness and sureness in cutting selected grafting wood cannot be 
given, Cultivation, spraying, trimming and training must be cut to the minimum, In fact, such 
stock must be grown on a quantity rather than quality basis, Time, in growing the stock, must be 
reduced, Too often one and two year old fruit trees, called “first grade” are offered when it really 
requires three years to produce finished trees suitable for home planting, Fully headed trees with 
well spaced scaffold limbs cannot be produced in two years, nor cheaply, Such stock should be left 
in care of experienced nurserymen, especially during its third season’s growth and until it has been 
“weaned,” so to speak, Finished trees with a carefully established scaffold limb structure are too 
large to ship by parcel-post, 
There is a lot of difference in thrift and hardiness of root stocks on which te graft. The “price” 
nurseryman, generally uses whatever is easily obtained or is the cheapest, In the plains states 
many hardy varieties have failed because of root weakness. The hardiest varieties are only as 
hardy as their under-stocks, These under-stocks must also be “congenial” so that good strong, last- 
ing graft unions may result, 
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“Better Built’’ 

about F i U x T T R E E Fest, Geegribed Aa, "Our BIA 
TREES We Marshalls have had nursery, ‘Rlanty a Marshall sBest 
, the idea that most home- #12°*,dighed eon, and large 
owners want finished trees ‘"®* * 9 
which have been carefully selected—plenty of attention 
given them through the nursery period—and are will- 
ing to pay a little more for such trees than for ordinary 
“price” trees, We work for orchard values regardless 
of extra expense in the nursery, We have gone ahead 
on this basis for 56 years. More detail about Marshalls 
trees and plants follow. 
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The Barberry hedge plants at left (above) are 12-18 inch, 
2-year grade, from seed-bed and the class that is usually of- 
By the fered at cheap prices, At right Marshalls 12-18 inch grade 
President which have been transplanted, widely spaced, and grown two 
years more, Weights, 8 oz., and 12 oz., and their value is more 
o 4 W QL UA al than four times, 
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