

LETTER FROM MR. L. J. RUSSO 
OFTHE Lx J. RUSSO MOSS:CO; 
New Roads, La. 
Gro-Mulch Fertilizer Works 
Napoleonville, La. 
Dear Mr. Joffrion: 
In 1935 I applied Gro-Mulch to the soil of my vegetable garden 
and flower beds in the ratio of two parts soil to one part mulch. All 
of my vegetables produced abundantly and gave yield earlier than 
usual. The egg-plants grew to enormous proportions, yielded fine 
tasty fruit, and produced good fruit to the last picking. In 1941 
Robert Ripley’s famous “Believe It or Not’ column gave the story 
of my egg-plants relating that I had to stand in the back of a truck 
to touch the highest piece of fruit on the plant; still yet I could 
reach no closer than two and one-half feet from the top of the plant. 
To avoid any uncertainty on your part, I will add that this was no 
special egg-plant, but the same type that is commonly planted every- 
where and seeded in the same manner except that it had been mulched 
as stated above. My parsley bed (16’x4’), planted in 1935, has 
produced in abundance ever since without replanting, and to this 
day has not yet gone to seed. 
In the same year (1935) I planted two small camellia plants, 
one on each side of the walk to the entrance to my home. One plant 
I mulched with Gro-Mulch; the other with commercial fertilizer and 
manure. The plant I treated with Gro-Mulch now stands 1114 feet 
high and has approximately 350 blossoms—as beautiful as any camel- 
lia you have ever seen. The plant to which I applied commercial 
fertilizer and manure now stands only 514 feet high and has no 
blossoms at all—only a few small buds. 
My roses have developed beautifully and bear rocels blossoms 
all year round. The egg-plants, parsley, shallots, beets, and radishes 
which I entered at the Point Coupee Parish Fair in 1948 (all of 
which had been mulched with Gro-Mulch) gave me first place Blue 
Ribbon awards. This material is definitely the finest plant nutrient 
yet discovered. 
Yours truly, 
LAWRENCE J. Russo 

SOLD BY: 
MAGNOLIA STATE 
NURSERY 
Rt4 Baton Rouge ,La. 
‘Dial 4-7'708 
Dehydrated, Milled and Packed 
by the 
Gro=Mulch F: Criiioen Works 
NAPOLEONVILLE, LA. TELEPHONE 2361 
