UNION CITY, MICHIGAN 3 
_ WARNING NUT TREE PLANTERS — My Hardy, Grafted nut trees 
will begin to bear for you in from 3 to 5 years. While the “cheap seed- 
lings” offered by many nurseries need from 12 to 15 years before they 
will give you nut crops. It also takes me several years longer to produce 
a grafted tree ‘than it does seedlings. 
NUT TREE FACTS — Plant my trees anywhere a tree is needed such 
as along fences, in the back yard, or your front lawn. They make majestic 
shade trees and soon yield valuable nut crops to pay their cost. 
The varieties listed in this catalog have been selected from thousands 
sent in to the Nut ‘Contests over many years. 'To be worthy of space in my 
catalog a nut variety has to have a thin-shell — the flavor must be of the 
best — and the kernels have to fall out in halves or twin-halves without 
being ghell-bound. 
My trees are approved by the following institutions for Home Plant- 
ing: The Michigan State College - The U. S. Dept. of Agriculture - Cornell 
University - Columbia University of Missouri - The Northern Nut Growers 
Association, Inc. and many other State Experiment Stations and Institu- 
‘tions. 
_ Nuts are very nutritious, containing a high percentage of readily 
digestible oils. They are not as perishable as fruits so that they can be 
gathered at leisure and stored for months in a dry place. 
Candymakers and Ice Cream Manufacturers are on the constant alert 
for good nuts that can be cracked without too much kernel breakage. The 
final timber value of a black walnut tree will be increasing as the demand 
for veneers for cabinet work continues. Why, just rake up leaves every 
fall for Nothing all your life? 
ORGANIC CULTURE FOR NUT TREES RECOMMENDED — After 
many years of experience with nut trees and their culture I have come to 
‘he final conclusion that organic culture gives the best and more per- 
manent results. It is hard to feed a tree chemically and give it just what 
it needs. Either you overfeed or you underfeed. With the organic system 
you need not worry for there will be little tendency to overfeed as the 
nitrogen is tied up in the humus and is liberated as the tree needs it. 
Planting nut trees is simple to do. Remove all sod in a 3 fit. circle 
around where you wish to put the tree. Fill in around the roots with rich 
top-soil but do not put fertilizer of any kind in the hole near the roots. 
Piant about two inches deeper than the highest side roots. When you have 
‘he hole nearly filled in around a tree is a good time to throw in a pail or 
two of water to settle the soil around the roots. Keep off with your feet 
or tamping after that. When the water has soaked away you may sprinkle 
the fertilizer arcund. Use about 4 libs. around a small nut tree. For an 
organic mixture make up a mixture of half pulverized sheep manure and 
half finely ground Rock Phosphate. These materials cost but a few cents 
per pound and may be had from your dealer. Now after the fertilizer has 
been scattered around you finish the job by mulching around each tree 
with leaves such as oak, maple, etc. Put the leaves down about four or 
five inches deep and sprinkle a little soil over them to hold them down. 
Paper wrap your trees with heavy paper cut two inches wide to avoid 
sunsicald. If leaf hoppers appear about June it is suggested that you spray 
onee a month during the first season with 2 tablespoons of 50 per cent 
wettable DDT to a gallon of water. Be sure to tie your young nut trees up 
ito strong stakes for a year or two to get them started right. 
TERMS — Cash with your order. We book orders anytime for the 
nexit shipping season. Sometimes we book orders a year ahead on scarce 
items. 
