Inter-State Nurseries . . Hamburg, Iowa 
Cold In almost all cases Inter- 
Weather Care State’s nursery stock will 
reach you in first-class condition and at a good plant- 
ing time. But, due to sudden weather changes which 
sometimes take place in the spring from the time-a 
shipment leaves our nursery until the planter receives 
it, a shipment may reach a customer in stormy weath- 
er. If unable to plant for a few days, place the entire 
shipment in a cool, frost-proof cellar, basement or 
cave, until ready to plant. It is best to have your 
nursery stock on hand when ready to plant than to get 
it late. The early plantings are always most success- 
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If the ground is frozen when you get the stock, so 
you cannot plant, leave the stock in the bale and put 
in a cool frost-proof place. Be sure the roots are 
Kept moist and covered. You can sprinkle water on 
the packing material if it gets dry, or you can throw 
damp gunny sacks over the stock. However, Glads, 
Dahlias, Lilies, Cannas, all bulbs, should be taken 
from the shipment and put in paper sack or paper 
box in a place not too hot nor freezing. Strawberries 
and perennials should be taken from the bale and 
put in a box, covering only the roots with damp sand 
or soil. 
° ° ; Occasionally 
If Stock Arrives Dried Out Ee 
come too close to the hot steam pipes in the mail cars 
or are delayed at transfer points and become some- 
what dried out. In this case, take it from the bale, 
cut the strings, and bury the stock completely, roots 
and tops, in moist soil and leave for two or three days. 
Or if the stock is short like shrubs and roses, you can 
put it in a tub of water, covering the tops and roots 
with water for two full days. But strawberries and 
perennials should have Only Their Roots in the water, 
and leave only twelve hours. 
° If you cannot plant for several days, 
Heeling In then “‘heel in’’ the stock. (See illus- 
tration below.) Pick out a well drained spot and dig 
a trench. Open up the packages, cutting the strings, 
spread out and cover the roots and tops of every plant 
with six inches or more of moist soil. With tall fruit 
and shade trees, you need cover only part of the tops. 
Strawberries and perennials Should Be Planted at 
Once. But if you cannot, then put in a cool frost- 
proof place in a box, covering only the roots with 
moist (not wet) sand or soil. But remember this, 
it Is Far Better to Plant than to ‘heel in.’’ If you 
leave stock heeled in too long, it starts growing and 
then when you plant it is set back. 


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