SPRING 1952 
LINING OUT STOCK 
MATTHEWS NURSERY 
HARBOR SPRINGS, MICHIGAN 
Telephone | 23 or 732 
This area is a natural home of Spruces, Pines, American Arborvitae and other Conifers. It was northern Michigan 
that produced some of the finest stands of White Pine ever known in North America. 
Also our natural sandy loam soil, aided by our effective soil improvement methods, lends itself to the develop- 
ment of an unusual root system. This, in the final analysis, is the major factor in determining the success or failure 
of any planting operation. 
Our illustrations are of typical stock dug from this year’s beds of both seedlings and transplants. The trees shown 
are selected to best represent, as nearly as possible, -the trees you will receive in any shipment. 
By proper seedbed spacing and soils practices, we are, each year, growing better seedlings with a root system 
which increases the chance of survival when transplanted. 
SCO TCH PINE SEEDEINGS 
A. SCOTCH PINE 2-0, 3 to 8 ins. 
per 100 $ 5.00 
per 1000 30.00 
2,500 or more @ 28.00 
ONLY RIGA STOCK 
Our remaining stock in the 3 to 8 in. size is entirely 
Riga (Rigensis) strain, the finest Scotch Pine known 
for growing Christmas Trees. 
As this goes to the printer, our inventory shows un- 
der 80,000 remaining. 
The so-called “Blue” strains or varieties of Scotch 
Pine are believed to produce trees of a better aver- 
age green to blue color at Christmas tree harvest 
time and have less of the undesirable gold to brown 
color. However the soil, weather, and other con- 
ditions also cause color variations. 
B. SCOTCH 2-0, 1 to 3 ins. 
per 100 $ 3.50 
per 1000 15.00 
5,000 or more @ 14.00 per 1000 
25,000 or more @ 12.50 per 1000 
ONLY RIGA STOCK 
In the 1 to 3 in. Grade-size we have several hun- 
dred thousand. We have never been in such good in- 
ventory position on this size for Spring shipping. 
It is all Riga Scotch Pine of a northern Europe 
source. Ii is not a fast growing type; will make more 
compact trees with less field work in pruning. 
The 1-3 in. size is not as desireable as the 3-8 in. 
size to handle if planting is done by machine. How- 
ever machine planting is practical, though not re- 
commended if larger trees are available. 
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