& 
They Grow, And Better 
’'Too bad we didn’t have this one dictated to our 
dictaphone. 
A very good customer was in a few days ago and 
presented us with this little package of posies: 
“Now don’t send those plants until after the 
fourth of July, because I have more stock of my 
own than I’m going to get planted unless the 
weather is mighty favorable. Last year I didn’t 
get your banded plants planted until mid-July, 
and not only did I not lose a single plant, but by 
the end of the year, the banded plants were as 
big as some two year old stuff I had from beds, 
and transplanted early in the spring. 
“T never realized how much shock there must be 
in transplanting some of these bare root things 
in the spring, but there must be a lot. You know, 
we smaller nurseries don’t have a planting crew, 
a digging crew, and a landscape crew. The same 
fellows do everything. We need every dollar we 
can get, so we sell as long as we can, and trans- 
planting our own stuff from beds has to be done 
a little late sometimes. That means it has a 
rough time. 
“This couple of thousand of plants from you is 
mostly stock I don’t have anyway, but want to 
grow. And I don’t want to have to worry about 
watering them from time to time, so you just 
keep them here at Waynesboro until after the 
fourth. You water ’em.” 
Banded liners grow better because they are practi- 
cally little balled and burlapped plants, with their 
entire root systems intact. It’s only logical to expect 
them to “grow, and better.” 
Growing Pains 
Running a liner business like this one is a good deal 
like preparing a big feed. Everything has to be ready 
at one time. You can’t serve the potatoes with the 
coffee and cigars. Likewise, all of the varieties of 
plants must be ready pretty much at the same time, 
or the trucks must make several trips over the same 
routes. Attempting to produce so many varieties, i 
probably is to be expected that some will be badly 
timed. A few late-comers, which are more or less 
new to our variety list, are mentioned below. None 
will be large enough for spring ’53 delivery, but most 
should make up into beautiful stock for late ’53 and 
spring ’54. Orders are being booked for them now 
for delivery when the stock is good enough to be 
shipped—either in late 53 or spring 754. 
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