
The ‘story of fine, straight stemmed, strong 
branched, sturdy-rooted Musser Trees starts with 
the selection of seed. All seed is not the same. 
If the parent tree has undesirable qualities the 
seed will perpetuate these qualities. To be sure 
of the best obtainable seed, we have sent men 
all over the United States to search out the hard- 
iest, disease-resistant, best formed and colored 
parent trees, to propagate our seedlings. 
We have imported seed picked from selected 
stands of timber in Europe, which have been 
developed through generations to bring out de- 
sirable characteristics. 
A bushel of carefully selected Scotch Pine 
cones may produce only a handful of seed, and 

Thic buchel of. Scotch Pine. Cones germination tests necessitate further rejections. 
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hand-picked from selected par- Such selectivity is costly — yes. But it is a 
ent trees, produces a mere hand- “must” to put meaning into the phrase... 

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is necessarily expensive. Musser Trees Grow 
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Here Fred Musser compares the growth of THERE’S A DIFFERENCE! 
two seeds from different sources. Both are — These 2-year seedlings show superiority of Musser culture. Sturdy, well- 
Norway spruce, two years old. rooted “A” trees are Musser stock; “B” trees come from other sources. 

Several million Musser evergreen seedlings and transplants are These superb 3-yr. White Pine Seedlings are 
shown here. Weeding and thinning by hand must be done to available in quantity this year. An excellent 
insure that maximum food supply goes to each small tree. species for Christmas trees, ornamentals, timber. 
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