

IT PAYS 
TO BUY 
THE BEST 
THERE IS A 
DIFFERENCE 





Vanhoutte Spirea. Both plants 3-4 
feet high. The light one is a parcel 
post grade that was grown in a thick 
row and did not have room for side 
development. The heavy one was 
grown by Marshalls in a wide open 
row. The parcel post plant weighs 4 
ounces. Marshalls specimen 32 ounces. 


1. FULL HEIGHT 
2. WELL DEVELOPED and DISTRIBUTED 
LIMB STRUCTURE 
3. TRUNKS of GOOD CALIPER 
4, BALANCED and COMPLETE ROOT SYSTEM 
Pruning, pinching back, spraying and other operations essen- 
tial to the growth of the best formed stock, is done only by ex- 
perts and at exactly the right time. Marshall’s trees are not only 
nursed, but “built” into real individuals. They are worth more. 
BETTER BUILT TOPS 
By early and proper pruning, a better balanced top is estab- 
lished in young Marshall trees. Note this illustration of a typical 
example ... the spaced limb distribution on the main trunk 
(crowded limbs result in weak structure), and how the long, 
straight leader provided for fine future development for this tree. 
SELECTED STRAINS 
Trees and plants frequently develop “bud sports,” which differ 
somewhat from the variety. When such difference is an im- 
provement, like the better color of solid Red Delicious, or with 
some other. better quality, wood from such individual tree or 
limb is used for the propagation of the variety. 
Marshalls entire organization is constantly on the lookout for 
these better strains, and when found are carefully checked and 
put into propagation. After fifty years, most of the important 
standard sorts in Marshall’s stocks have been improved and are 
definitely superior to ordinary trees and plants of same varieties. 
Our stock is constantly being improved by this practice. 
Grafting fully perpetuates the same characteristics and quali- 
ties of the original tree. 
That’s why in buying the Marshall strains you are securing 
strains of a variety much improved over the original. To illus- 
trate, the Mansfield strain cherry is an improvement on the or- 
dinary Montmorency. The tree from which the Mansfield strain 
developed consistently bore larger cherries and in greater quan- 
tity than the common Montmorency. Many other Marshall varie- 
ties are likewise from superior mother trees. Grafting makes 
possible the perpetuation of these superior qualities. That’s why 
it pays to buy Marshall trees and plants. 
Of course, this added research and selecting costs money, but 
in buying nursery stock the few cents which may be saved origi- 
nally means little as compared to the years of satisfaction to the 
customer in having selected better strains of trees and plants. 





Photograph of parcel post 3-4 
ft. apple tree and Marshalls 
specimen grade (5-6 ft.). The 
small tree weighs 6 ounces 
and the Marshalls specimen 
tree 40 ounces. Notice that 
Marshalls specimen tree is six 
and two-thirds times the size 
of the small tree. The value 
is proportionate. It takes more 
than height to indicate the 
value. The home planter wants 
a strong tree with head formed. 

Marshall Trial Ground 
For years it has been the Marshall policy to test and 
experiment with new varieties of fruits, trees and 
shrubs before they are offered to our customers. One 
of the features of the plantation at Arlington is the ex- 
perimental’ plots. For instance, at present, there are 
twenty new varieties of lilacs under test. The trial 
grounds usually contain several hundred kinds of trees 
and plants. From these, only the best are propagated 
for customers. 
This service means that only those desirable varieties 
that have proven hardiness and quality appear in Mar- 
shall’s listings. It has also been the custom to work in 
the closest co-operation with our universities and experi- 
ment stations in order to avail the nurséry and its cus- 
tomers of the latest research of others. 
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Hardy Northern Roots 
Particularly in our super-hardy apples, Marshalls 
have taken precaution to give you hardy roots, too, for 
the roots on which Marshall apple trees are grafted 
are grown from the seed of hardy Northern varieties. 
These roots will not kill out from under hardy varie- 
ties as is often the case with ordinary trees which are 
mostly grafted on French crab and other ordinary 
roots. The use of these hardier root stocks will add 
materially to the hardiness, productiveness and longey- 
ity of your trees. 
