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HOW TO PLANT YOUR NURSERY 
Do not let the roots become dry. Keep them covered at all times with damp sacks 
or something similar. 
Fertile soil, well prepared, is extremely important. Spade up the soil as deeply as 
For Roses, Shrubs, Perennials, Bulbs, etc., it is well to work in a good 
No fertilizer, however, should ever come in direct contact with the roots. 
possible. 
fertilizer. 
Proper pruning is most essential. Nip off ends of roots with a sharp knife or shears, 
always making a diagonal cut. Cut back the tops in the same way. Severe pruning 
of shrubs and Roses often determines success or failure of your planting. 
Variety 
Apples, Standard 
Apricots 
Asparagus, Field 
Asparagus, Garden 
Blackberries 
Blueberries 
Boysenberry 
Cherries, Sour 
Welch's Best Apricot Collection _ 
1 Moorpark 
STOCK 
Age of 
Bearing 
1 Manchurian 
These three 4-{t. trees, for only 
$3.00 postPpar 
Welcht Dependable Pears 
PRICES (except as noted) 
4 to 6 ft., 11/16 in., $1.45, not postpaid. 
3 to 4 ft., 7/16 in., $1.15 each, prepaid. 
BARTLETT. The most popular summer Pear. One of the best for canning and shipping. 
DUCHESS. October. Very large, fine quality and juicy, and keeps well into winter. 
KIEFFER. October. Very profitable market variety. A Pear of very large, fine appear- 
ance. Most widely planted of all winter Pears. A sure cropper and many trees will 
stand more than a hundred years. 
SECKEL. (Sugar Pear.) Ripens in late summer. Small, rich fruit of high quality. 
PARKER. A Minnesota State Fruit Breeding Farm introduction that is hardy 
even in some of northern Minnesota. A most valuable Pear—large, tender 
fleshed and juicy, with a rich yellow color blushed red. 
COPE’S (Seedless). Another new Pear distinguished by its early bearing, 
size and quality of its fruit and definite resistance to blight. 9/16 in., 
4 to 6 ft., $2.00 each, not prepaid. 
Hardy APRICOTS 
PRICES: 3 to 4 ft., $1.15 each, postpaid. 4 to 5 ft., 9/16 in., $1.45 
each, not prepaid. 
ALEXANDER. Good size, oblong, yellow with red; sweet and delicate. 
Tree very hardy. Ripens middle of July. 
MOORPARK. Very large, yellowish green with red on sunny side. 
Flesh bright orange and freestone. Ripens in August. 
July. 
for canning. 
of these new Manchurian Apricots. 


PLANTING DISTANCES 
Number 
per Acre 
Distance 
Apart 
35 x 30 ft. 35 
20x 20st 108 
Zeke ont. 4,356 
15 in. x 3 ft. 10,249 
4x 6 ft. 1,815 
3 x 6 ft. 2,420 
3 x 4 ft. 3,630 
20 xu 20) tte 108 
45 x 25 ft 69 
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Age of 
Variety 
Currants 
Pears, Standard 
Pears, Dwarf 
Plums 
Raspberries 
Strawberries, Field 
Strawberries, Garden .... 
..4 to 3 years 
1 to 2 years 
SUPERB. The best flavored, most productive Apricot yet produced. 
Medium size, light salmon color; excellent quality. Ripens last of 
CHINESE APRICOT. Pale yellow fruit with a red cheek. An excellent 
tree to plant for shade as well as fruit. One of the best Apricots 
MANCHURIAN APRICOTS. Hardiest of all Apricots. They have an 
almost frost-proof blossom. Bear very young and are self-polleniz- 
ing. If you want some really good fruit early in July, plant severo’ 
Apricot 
Distance 
Apart 
4 x 4 ft. 
6 x 8 ft. 
20 x 20 ft. 
20 x 20 ft. 
Sexe bontts 
20 x 20 ft. 
ox 6 fk 
1 x 3% ft. 
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