GROWING THINGS 


For Christmas . 
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GIVE GIFTS THAT GROW! 
Give Living Gifts . .. Lasting Gifts 
GIVE GIFTS THAT INCREASE IN VALUE THROUGH THE YEARS 
Chrisimas Suggestions 
$1.00 or under 
Hydrangeas 
Hyacinth Bulbs 
Peony Roots 
Azaleas 
Rock Daphne 
$1.25 to $1.50 
2 Year Fruit Trees 
$1.75 to $3.00 
Pernettya 
Native Rhododendron 
Grafted Rhododendrons 
Heather Camellias Camellias 
Tulip Bulbs Aucuba Skimmia 
Climbing Roses Tamarix Daphne 
Bush Roses Spanish Broom Nandina 
1 Year Fruit Trees Viburnum Burkwoodi Azaleas 
Weigelias Weeping Willow Flowering Crabapples 
Forsythias Silk Tree 
Nursery Gift Certificates 
The easy way to do your Christmas shopping. Shop by mail or by phone. 
Send us a check in the amount that you wish to spend on the gift, together 
with name of party to receive the gift. We will send you by return mail a gift 
certificate that will enable the recipient to pick out any article of his choice 
to the amount of the order and at any time within a year. 
Why Spend Hours Shopping When This Easy Way Is Available ? 
Visit our Salesyard in Downtown Salem and Look over our Assortment of 
Shrubs, Rose Bushes, Fruit and Shade Trees. 
Knight Pearcy Nursery 
375 S. Liberty St. (3 blocks south of State St.) 
Mail Address. P. O. Box 12 
Salesyard Open Daily 9:00 till 5:00. 
Salem. Oregon 
Phone 3-3212 
Sunday, 10:00 till 5:00 

BLUEBERRIES IN THE GARDEN 
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sandy loam. All of these fulfill the require- 
ments. ; 
Knowing this about the soil that blueberries 
require, we find it practical to grow blue- 
berries in the garden almost anywhere in 
Western Oregon. Where the native soils do 
not measure up, it is a simple matter to correct 
the soil so they will be successful. 
Almost all soils in Western Oregon are suf- 
ficiently acid for blueberries. If in doubt about 
your particular soil, have the simple test made 
for acidity. Your County Agent can do it, or 
tell you where to have it done. A pound of 
sulphur per plant when planting will make any 
soil sufficiently acid if it is only slightly acid. 
The soil must be porous and open so the 
fiber roots can penetrate it easily. Blue berries 
will not grow on clay or other tight and com- 
pact soils. If your particular soil is too com- 
pact or clay-like, for each plant dig a hole 
3 feet across and 2 feet deep and fill this with 
a soil made of half horticultural peat and half 
sandy soil. They will thrive in this indefi- 
nitely. 
Blueberries require a good supply of mois- 
ture during June, July and August. They 
should receive enough moisture so they will 
have moist roots all summer. 
Fertilizer is important. Blueberries are espe- 
cially fond of nitrogen and this should be sup- 
plied in the form of an acid fertilizer or 
simply by applications of ammonium sulfate or 
ammophos 16-20. Two applications per year 

are better than one. The first should be about 
March 15th and the second 6 weeks later. The 
amount to supply will, of course, depend on the 
size of the plant. A three year old plant will 
use 2 applications of 4 oz. each. A plant 6 to 
8 ee old will like 2 applications of 10-12 oz. 
each. 
There are available today many choice varie- 
ties and some not so choice. Your best protec- 
tion is to deal with a reliable nurseryman. The 
earliest ripen their fruit in late June and ex- 
cellent berries can be had from then until 
September. When planting in the garden it does 
not pay to plant more than 2 or 8 varieties. 
The reason is that if the berries are strung 
along too long on a number of plants you sel- 
dom get enough at one time. The following are 
excellent varieties for home use: Harding 
and Rancocas early, Stanley and Pioneer mid- 
season, Pemberton and Burlington late. There 
are several other choice varieties available. 
Blueberries require a little shaping and 
pruning each dormant season. Remove the 
oldest wood and any that is developing short 
twiggy growth. Save the strong new growth for 
that furnishes the berries in the coming 
summer. 
In addition to the magnificent berries they 
provide, blueberry plants are one of our most 
attractive shrubs. The bell shaped white flow- 
ers in the spring, the berries during the sum- 
mer and the beautiful red, crimson and scarlet 
colors in the fall make the plants desirable in 
the finest landscape plantings, in addition to 
the row in the garden to furnish those un- 
beatable pies. 


HERE AND THERE... 
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close to the main stem, which are not injured 
when the final transplanting is made to the 
customer’s grounds. 


While the government regulations for loans 
are being tightened up, it is still possible to 
use the Home Modernization loan to finance 
lawn and shrub landscape work. This is the 
same deal that most people use in buying re- 
frigerators. A hundred dollar job can be fin- 
anced by paying 10% down, with the balance 
in monthly payments of $8.78. The interest 
and carrying charges on $100 amount to $5.28. 
A planting made piece-meal is usually not 
as satisfactory as one planted more or less 
complete at one time. The small monthly pay- 
ments and small cost of this plan of financing 
make it possible for anyone to get his land- 
scape work done now so that he can get im- 
mediate satisfaction from it. Your nursery- 
man has particulars pertaining to this type of 
financing, or your bank can explain the de- 
tails, which are simple. 
In an effort to grow several varieties of 
fruit in a small yard many people are going to 
the dwarf trees. In many cases the same 
result can be had by planting a combination 
tree on which are grafted three or four varie- 
ties of apple or of pear, or of cherry. In some 
cases this combination tree is to be preferred. 
For one thing, four varieties of apples can be - 
had on a single apple tree at a lower cost than 
where four dwarf trees are purchased. Nearly 
every back yard needs some shade. A combina- 
tion apple or cherry tree can provide this 
shade, if properly located, and at the same 
time produce a succession of fruits. With 
apples one may have a summer apple, an early 
fall apple, a late fall variety and a winter 
variety, all on the one tree. 
There is a growing interest regarding flow- 
ering shade trees. Halesia monticola, or moun- 
tain Silverbell, is an interesting flowering tree 
that is little known here. The outstanding 
characteristic of Halesia is their attractive, 
pendulous, clustered, white bell-shaped flowers 
that are produced in May as the leaves are 
developing. The flowers are produced on past 
season or older wood. The leaves are not out- 
standing. The fall foliage color is yellow. 
Halesia has no particular soil requirements. 
It is a medium growing tree. 
While September and October are the ideal 
months in which to plant Dutch bulbs, such as 
tulips, hyacinths, crocus and daffodils, they 
can be satisfactorily planted as late as New 
Year’s day. The late planted bulbs will gen- 
erally produce slightly smaller flowers the 
first season of bloom and will bloom a little 
later than those planted in early fall. These 
bulbs can be left in the ground for from three 
ane years before being dug up and sep- 
arated. 
The larger the tree the more difficult it is 
to transplant. Nevertheless, some pretty large 
trees can be safely moved, provided they have 
been properly grown and are properly planted. 
Large trees are better moved during De- 
cember and January or early February than 
later on. The early moved tree has an oppor- 
tunity to establish itself before the warm, 
more trying weather conditions prevail. 
A transplanted tree is far more safe to move 
than one that has grown all its life in one spot 
in the nursery. One, two and three year old 
trees will generally move safely without hav- 
ing been previously transplanted, but older 
trees should be transplanted stock. 
_ A transplanted tree is one that was dug up 
in the nursery when two or three years old, 
root-pruned and then planted back and grown 
on for another two or three years. This cut- 
ting back of the roots causes the development 
of a great mass of roots close to the main stem, 
whereas a tree the same age and grown all its 
life in its original location will have only a 
few heavy, coarse roots in the area close to 

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