DEPENDABLE NURSERY STOCK 15 
A SUGGESTION TO 
POST-WAR PLANNERS... 
@ Are you planning to build after the war? 
@ Are you going to “go” suburban or rural? 
@ Have you given proper thought to approaches, parking, snow clearance 
and disposal, and the many other problems that are foreign to the urban 
dweller? 
@ Do you realize that much can be wisely done in advance of actual con- 
struction that will be most advantageous later on? Then, too, necessary 
care can be given to existing plants, and certain new plantings may be 
put in now, thereby saving much time in growth development. 
@ Naturally you have consulted an architect regarding your house plans. 
May we suggest the wisdom of consulting us regarding your “grounds 
development” problems? 
@ Do you know that we will be glad to discuss your “grounds development” 
with you, on your new premises, and to give you helpful suggestions and 
counsel without charge or obligation? We’d like to meet you, and we are 
sure you’d like to get acquainted with us and our program of helpfulness. 
each annual pruning. Strong one year 
wood should be cut back from one-fifth to 
one-third. If this pruning program is fol- 
lowed closely the fruit production will be 
greater, the berries larger, and the picking 
much easier than if they are allowed to 
grow in neglect. 
GRAPE CULTURE 
Planting—Spring is the best season for 
grape planting, although if set out in the 
fall and covered as in the brambles, good 
results may be obtained. A strong two 
year plant is preferable to a younger or 
older one. Set the plant an inch or two 
deeper than it grew in the nursery row. 
In those grapes which are to be covered, 
it is wise to’set the plant at an angle when 
planting. This makes it somewhat easier 
to bend the trunk to the ground for cover- 
ing. No matter how long the top is it 
should be cut back to two or three buds or 
eyes. The usual planting distance is from 
8 to 10 feet apart in rows which are spaced 
at 8 feet. 
Culture—The general culture of grapes 
is the same as for raspberries, including 
time of stopping cultivation and the use of 
cover crops. : 
Pruning—The pruning of a grape, per- 
haps the most important operation in its 
culture, is based upon the plant’s growth 
and fruiting habit—a habit distinctly dif- 
ferent from any other fruit. The fruit is 
all borne on shoots of the current season’s 
growth. No matter how long this shoot 
grows, it will usually produce only one, 
two or three clusters of fruit and these 
clusters will be found near the base of the 
a ie 
For many years we have specialized in the 
development of suburban home grounds. We 
can proudly show you some of our outstand- 
ing projects in the Minnetonka and Rural 
Hennepin areas. We believe that you will 
agree with us that our experience and “Know- 
how” enable us to offer you much more than 
By el Age assistance for your future develop- 
ent. 
FREE BOOK OFFER 
(EXPIRES MARCH 15, 1945) 
Vi We want you to have one of these books, 
pulve At Home and Like It,” FREE! Here’s 
ow: 
1. Send in an order for $10.00 or more for 
nursery stock (accompanied by payment in 
full) to reach us before March 15, 1945 and 
one of the books wilF be sent to you FREE 
by return mail. 
2. Send in $1.00 for the book, and with the 
book we will mail you a ‘credit memoran- 
dum” good for $1.00 to be applied on any order 
for nursery stock for $10.00 or more (accom- 
anied by payment in full) which reaches us 
hetore March 15, 1945. 
DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY 
(Remember this offer expires March 15, 1945) 
DANNY SAYS: 
Search the libraries », er 
—but you'll find no \gZYA 
other book so filled _JU 
with helpful informa- 
tion for the northern planter, so carefully 
designed to orient the reader to plant life 
needs, and so definitely tailor-made for our 
Northwest conditions as the boss’s “Live 
At Home and Like It.” 

