7 =e 
Se ES 
. (with cardboard setter) for $1.25. 
. 
Practical Aids for iHome Gardeners & Market Growers 
PROTECT Your GARDEN! Get 
Earlier Crops with HOTKAPS! 
NSECTS cant touth 
HOTKAPS are waxed paper cones, easily set gut 
over seed or growing plants. They guard against 
rain, frost, cold, wind, hail, birds and insects, and 
maintain a perfect mulch. Yield is increased and 
hastened. Flowers and vegetables mature two to 
three weeks earlier. 
Home Pkg. Hotkaps: Prepaid 
25 Hotkaps with fibre setter............... $0.95 
100 Hotkaps with fibre setter.............. 3.00 
Hotkaps Only: Postpaid. Not ppd 
500 Hotkaps... .........- toe WA Re ite con $ 8.50 
1000 Hotkaps............ TGS 2. PF aeates = 17.35 
5000 Hotkaps............ pera lOO0eemeas scr 17.20 
Hotkaps Setters: Steel $1.95, Fibre 20c ppd. 
Shipping weights: 1000 Hotkaps 33 lbs. 
PAXTON HOT HOUSES 
Here's “early plant- 
ing’ insurance for 
home and market 
growers! Hot 
Houses permit safe, 
early planting and 
force growth to 
bring crops to mar- 
ket 2 to 4 weeks 
earlier for greatest 
cash return. Their 
large size (12 inch 
diameter, 11 inch 
height) permits 
maximum growth. 
Wire reinforced. 
2 TO 4 WEEKS EARLIER Boe reraigies yeder 
TO THE MARKET AND 
ZOPM PRICES. FOR your 1° ‘0.120 degrees 
PRODUCTS oa Ghee 
; ‘ f retained long after 
outside temperatures drop! One man can set 
300 to 350 an hour. Packed 25 per carton 
Hot Houses 
only: 100 for $2.75, 250 for $6.25, ppd. Not prepaid: 
500 for $10.95, 1,000 for $20.25, 5,000 at $18.75 per 
1,000. Metal setter $3.45. (Wt. 35 lbs. per 1,000.) 
NUTRIENT Treated 
PLANT 
BANDS 
These square, 2 
open-bottom, plant | 
bands are ideal 
for growing potted 
plants. They can | 
be used in any 
shallow wooden | 
box or greenhouse 
flat. Made of wa- 
terproof, mold-resistant fibre, compatible to plant 
growth, and treated with plant food to insure 
vigorous, well balanced growth. No locks, no fold- 
ing, no assembly—ready with a single squeeze! 
50 Bands 2”’ square, 21/2" high, 55c, postpaid; 500 
bands for $2.75. 1,000 for $5.25 not prepaid. 
Weight: 13 lbs. per 500, 23 Ibs. per 1,000.) 
t he No. 6 
For sowing any 
kind of seed, from 
the smallest up to 
peas and beans, in 
any quantity. Will 
attach with one bolt 
to any Standard 
Single Wheel culti- 
vator or most other 
; wheel. Shoe is ad- 
justable for any depth and coverer swings easily. 
The most popular seeder on the market. Handle 
extra if for use alone. Weight 8 lbs. Price: Set up, 
neady e be attached, $5.60. With handle, $6.60, 
not ppd. 
FARMER SEED 
MIDGET SEEDER 
Fiber FLOWER POTS 
Adapted for growing, trans- 
planting or shipping. Made of 
tough, waterproof paper, elimi- 
nating breakage. Permits 
speed in handling and more 
economical than clay pots. 
NEW VITA POTS 
Here's a brand new, light 
weight, Nutrient-Treated pot 
that's tough enough for BOTH 
—growing and shipping in the 
same pot. Made of waterproof, 
mold-resistant fibre, treated 
with plant food to insure vigor- 
ous, well balanced growth for muny weeks. 
Weight: 3 inch, 40 lbs. per 1000. 4 inch, 68 lbs. 
per 1000. 
: 25 100 1000 
Prices: c Prepaid Prepaid Not Ppd 
3 inch, Vita........ $0.65 $2.10 $14.80 
Avinchi Vitae ae -90 2.95 22.50 
BIRD RED POTS 
Not quite as heavy as Vita Pots—will stand up 
under reasonable moisture for several weeks. 
Used extensively for transplanting and shipping. 
Reinforced disc in bottom. Weight: 3 inch 22 lbs. 
per 1000; 4 inch 48 lbs. per 1000. 
s 25 100 1000 
Prices: Prepaid Prepaid Not Ppd. 
Seiten red sero ne $0.55 $1.35 $ 8.40 
@inchtired sens 65 1.95 13.55 
Use TWIST 'EMS for TYING 
Plants and BUNCHING 
mca 
JUST A 
SIMPLE 
|] TWIST OF 
So tHe wrist 
AND PLANT 1S TIED! 
Home Pkg.: 125 Twist ‘Ems (8 inch) 35c 
Strong, dark green tapes with wire reinforcing— 
the perfect plant-tie for plants, vines, shrubs, 7- 
inch size only: 250 for 60c, 500 for $1.00, 1,000 for 
$1.75, postpaid. 
Utility Twist ‘Ems, 16-inch size, for bunching 
asparagus and other vegetables or for tying grape 
vines: 250 for $1.15, 500 for $1.95, 1,000 for $3.65 
postpaid. * 
Lynchburg 
Automatic 
Transplanter 
A practical tool for trans- 
planting Tomato Plants, Cab- 
bage, Cauliflower, Pepper, 
Eggplant, Sweet Potato and 
Tobacco Plants. (Not recom- 
mended for Strawberry 
Plants.) Each plant is set, 
watered and covered in one 
operation, without bruising 
or damaging the plants, 
without stooping or lame 
backs. Cuts labor to one- 
third. Enables one, man to set 
8,000 to 10,000 plants per 
day. The roots of each plant 
are put into the ground ina 
natural position, and firmly 
set by the absorption of wa- 
ter into the ground. This is '’Nature’s Own Way.” 
Transplanting losses are reduced to the minimum. 
The tiny roots are sucked into the ground almost 
as though they grew there, and the plants take 
hold and_ start to grow at once, especially if 
Boost’'Em Plant Starter is used iri the water reser- 
voir—the easiest way to apply starter solution. 
All wearing parts are easily removed and re- 
placed. Thousands in use. Can be operated with 
either right or left hand. Guaranteed for one. year 
against faulty workmanship or defective materi- 
als. Price: $5.25 postpaid, to third zone (300 miles). 
TRUMP GARDEN TROWEL 
: mmm) 35¢ 
ESE ET postpaid 
A well balanced, full sized garden or greenhouse 
tool, of heavy 18 gauge steel with hardwood han- 
dle, shaped to fit palm of hand. Deep bowl with 
strong ribbed shank, baked green enamel finish. 
AND NURSERY CO., 
Faribault, 
“ALL-PURPOSE” Garden Hoe 
\\ for Cultivating, Weeding, 
Mulching 
Here’s the handiest tool ever 
invented for cultivating, 
weeding, or mulching! It has 
just the right feel and bal- 
ance to do skillful weeding 
without fatigue. Once you've 
worked with it, you become 
as much attached to it as the 
fisherman to his favorite rod, 
or the golfer to his favorite 
club. It's fun to flick Dande- 
lion from the turf, or mulch 
around evergreens, shrubs, 
perennials. Goose-neck 
shank permits close cultiva- 
tion. Amazingly efficient. Weighs only 
1/2 lbs. Each $1.30 ppd. 
A Real 
Garden Aid 
$.130 
NORTHFIELD ‘3-IN-1’ HOE 5150 
Pod. or 
es 
=F 
Covering Cultivating 
Furrow Small Plants 
Curved, sharpened blade enters ground properly 
—easy to work. Features: a regular hoe blade for 
working large areas, a pointed blade for seed 
furrows, irrigation trenches, or cultivating and 
mulching close to small plants. Covers furrows 
when turned on side. 
Superior Hand Weeder 
15¢ 
Each 
postpaid 
A new design superior to other hand cultivators. 
Hardened steel blade with all edges sharpened. 
Bright orange plastic handle that’s lightweight, 
has good balance, easy to see, if misplaced. 
GARDEX 
SEEDER 
| The handiest little 
seeder ever of 
fered. Adjustable 
for planting the 
smallest flower 
seeds up to cu- 
cumber size. Sows 
seeds quickly, 
evenly, econom- 
ically — no bend- 
ing down. Disc 
hopper capacity 4 
pint, diameter of 
discs 4 inches, largest opening .28”x.4”. Ideal 
for hotbed or garden sowing. Complete with 30- 
inch handle. Price $1.60, prepaid. 
EZ 
SEEDER 
The planter’s 
pal! Sows 
seed one ata 
time, from the 
smallest to the 
largest of 
seeds. It's 
handy to use, ® 
gives profes- 
sional results. 
Prevents waste of tiny seeds, reduces crowding 
and tedious thinning of seedlings. Sturdy con- 
struction of cadmium plated steel. Convenient 
thumb regulation of seed opening. A great time 
saver! Only $1.10, postpaid. 
Regulator 
of Seed 
Opening 
Remove cap 
to place seeds 
in tube 
Tap gently to dispense seeds 
— el 
Ideal support for SWEET 
PEAS, GARDEN PEAS, POLE 
BEANS, CUCUMBERS, TO- 
MATOES. Hung in 5 min- 
utes. Doesn’t rot like string, 
nor burn tendrils like wire. 
3 sizes— 
60-inch x 72-inch, 65c¢ 
* 60-inch x 96-inch, 85c 
60-inch x 180-inch, $1.25 
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