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the tree and all the smaller, more active roots 
being located at a distance from the main stem 
will be lost in transplanting. This is one of the 
reasons why it is difficult to transplant a tree 
from the woods. 
These larger trees, when moved to the home 
grounds, should be securely guyed down to 
prevent wind-whipping since this creates air 
spaces around the root area and causes loss of 
many tres. A liberal use of peat moss or com- 
post and thorough watering the first summer 
will also pay dividends. 
Too many people have the belief that trees 
and shrubs can be planted only in the spring. 
This may be true in the East where climatic 
conditions are tough, but here in the Willam- 
ette valley we plant all winter, any time that 
the ground is not frozen. Balled shrubs and 
trees (by balled shrubs we mean those ever- 
greens that are dug with an earth ball that is 
protected by burlap) are planted from Sep- 
tember until June. Trained planters can plant 
balled stock all the year around. 
Bare-rooted plants, such as fruit and shade 
trees, berry bushes and rose bushes are planted 
from the time that they drop their leaves in 
November until their buds start swelling in 
April. December and January planting of this 
class of material is better than the later 
planting. 
Peonies and iris are planted from September 
until January. 
Dutch bulbs, such as crocus, daffodils, hya- 
cinths and tulips, are planted from September 
until the first of the year. Dahlias and glads 
and tuberous begonias are tender and are 
planted in late spring. 
Our Franklinia trees planted in our display 
grounds at the nursery bloomed heavily this 
fall. They bloomed in September and October. 
The flowers resemble those of the dogwood 
tree. Later the big leaves assumed brilliant 
fall colors. The Franklinia, a cousin of the 
Camellia, thrives under the same soil condi- 
tions as do the rhododendrons. It grows slowly, 
being about as slow growing as is the Florida 
dogwood. 
The Oxydendron trees, also slow growing, 
displayed their andromeda-like flowers in mid- 
summer and then in fall were ablaze with bril- 
liant color. 
Our Styrax and Halesia trees displayed their 
silver-bell flowers in late spring. 
The big Mimosa tree on the Salem _post- 
office grounds passed through the 10 below 
temperature of the past winter without appar- 
ent injury. At our nursery, where the tem- 
perature was still lower, our Mimosas were 
injured, although not killed. The postoffice 
tree bloomed well this summer. It is a very 
interesting tree with its bright summer blooms. 
This is the tree that is also known as a Silk 
tree. 
Tamarix is a pink-flowered, fluffy, gray 
foliaged shrub that will grow to considerable 
height if not pruned back. It does especially 
well at the seaside. It is at home in the Wil- 
lamette valley. 
Tamarix is a graceful shrub with tiny, scale- 
like leaves and with fluffy pink flowers. It 
should be planted in the sun. 
The Variety Africana flowers during spring 
and should be pruned back nearly to the ground 
immediately after flowering. Gallica blooms 
during early summer. It should be pruned back 
during the winter. 
Tamarix does not transplant well when 
handled bare-root. It is best grown in the 
nursery in cans so that the planter can have 
a full, undisturbed root system. The plants 
from cans move easily. 

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GRAPES 
These varieties mature here. 
2-Year Vines, 50c each; $5.00 a dozen 
Listed in approximate order of ripening. 
PERLE DE CSABA — Early, white, 
European type. 
SENECA—White, Fine. 
ONTARIOW—Green. 
NIAGARA—White. 
EY. MUSCAT—White, European type. 
HUBBARD—Big blue. 
FREDONIA—Fine blue. 
CAMPBELL—FEarly, big blue. 
LUCILE—Red. 
SWEETWATER—White. 
RIPLEY—White. 
WORDEN—Blue. 
CONCORD—Blue. 
GOLDEN MUSCAT—European hybrid, 
Golden. 
SALEM—Pink. 
URBANA—Pink. 
BACO—An early blue wine grape. Tre- 
mendous producer. 
SEIBEL 1000—Productive juice grape. 

NUT, FIG, ALMOND, APRICOT 
and a large selection of varieties of APPLE, PEACH, PEAR, PLUM 
and CHERRY Trees. 
30 VARIETIES OF GRAPES. 
A Complete Selection at Our Downtown Salesyard. 
Town Salesyard Open Daily 9 till 5 and Sunday. 10 till 5. 
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| Sood $2.50 to $3.50 each 
The easy way to Xmas shop is to buy Nurs- 
ery Gift Certificates. You can do this shop- 
ping right from home. Simply send your nurs- 
eryman the amount that you wish to spend; 
send the name of the party to whom the gift 
is intended and a certificate entitling the re- 
cipient to select his own gift from the nursery- 
man’s stock will be mailed back to you. This 
saves you shopping trouble and it permits the 
other fellow to select the exact variety of his 
choice and to do it when he wants the shrubs. 
WANTED—An old GP John Deere tractor 
with steel wheels. This is the old model with 
arched front axle. Write particulars to 
Knight Pearcy Nursery, Salem, P.O. Box 12. 
The National Rose jury made no selection 
for All-American award for 1951. Instead 
they selected the following as the top ten of 
All-American winners for the past ten years. 
HOW MANY OF THESE TOP SELECTIONS 
DO YOU HAVE ? 
Peace—introduced in 1946 
CharvlotterAgmstro ne seers eee 1941 
LowellaThomiaisge ees eee eee 1944 
Telly ho tees eee sea te ee eee eee een ora See eee 1949 
NO CEOULT TI Cig ease ae eae geen ee nei eho 1948 
RGbal vat acsetec ee es ee eee eet Sense 2 1947 
BOrt ye Niet rsa eer dee penn eee ae eee 1949 
Ke aaah ail ee eas eee ooo ie et ones eae es 1944 
Dibra ri Cl yg eo de a CE ee 1945 
Samu Marnie nd Om ee re a ee a eee 1948 
DECEMBER SPECIAL — 
Lombardy Poplar trees, 7 to 8 feet tall. 
Regularly $1.50 each. 
Special — 10 or more trees at $1.00 each ~ 
this month only. 
Lombardy poplar is a rapid growing, tall 
narrow growing tree. Ideal for windbreak 
or tall screen. 
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FRUIT TREES 
COMBINATION TREES with 3 Varieties on a Single Tree. 
2. 3 or 4 varieties of Apple, or of Pear. or of Cherry. 
$2.50 to $5.00 Per Tree 
1 year Fruit Trees...$1.09 each 
Older Fruit Trees........... 
+, 
2 year Trees....$1.50 each 
Dwarf Fruit Trees. 
BERRIES OF ALL KINDS. 
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