Down — But Not Out! 
HARDY GOOD QUALITY STOCK SECURED TO REPLACE HAIL LOSS 
On June 25th, 1948, our nursery was struck by a terrific hail, wind and rain storm. 
As the injuries to our nursery stock gradually became apparent and we realized that 
most of our growing stock would not be salable next spring, we started out to purchase 
new stock. Going to the larger wholesale nurseries of Minnesota we learned who had 
the best stock of the various kinds we would need. One nursery had a very large supply 
of Mugho Pine of extra good quality; another had well-grown Black Hill Spruce; one 
nursery had some of the scarce Schwedler Maple. 
We visited one nursery that specializes in raspberry plants and another nearby 
nursery that grows nothing but strawberry plants. So we have been able to purchase a 
good supply of high quality stock which will be brought to our nursery early in the spring 
and will be handled with a minimum of exposure. And by being able to purchase stock 
at favorable prices we have not had to raise our last year’s prices, and you probably know 
that they are about one-half the prices charged by the nurseries that employ salesmen to 
solicit orders. 

This picture was taken last Fall as we were burning a pile of evergreens, 
shade trees and apple trees which had been destroyed by the hail storm. This 
‘brush pile represented about $3,000 worth of nursery stock, including all our 
maple and birch trees of all sizes, and $600 worth of Christmas trees. 
If you wish information regarding any of your planting problems, feel free ‘to call 
or write and we will gladly give you whatever assistance we can. 
When you are ready to plant, come to the nursery and make your selections of 
whatever you need. You will find this much more satisfactory than to send a mail order 
to some distant nursery, or to give your order to some “high-pressure” salesman who is 
only interested in getting your name signed to an order. 
Many of our customers are sons or grandsons of our first customers of fifty years ago, 
and we are anxious to please them so they will continue to buy from our sons in future 
years. 
