Ordering by MAIL from Forrest Keeling 
Nursery is an "EaLy Chatr Proposition 
@Simply fill in the attached postage-paid order form and hand to your postman. 
@By all means order early. We simply and honestly cannot grow enough stock to meet all demands and it hurts us as 
much as you to have to delete orders and refund money. 
@ Which brings up the matter of substitutions. We ask your kind permission to substitute similar varieties of equal or superior 
merit if the varieties you specify are exhausted. Please indicate if no substitution will be permitted. 
@Shipment will go forward at proper planting time for planting in your locality, and this may require two or more shipments. 
Most shipments will travel by express. Because it is not possible to determine weights in advance, transportation charges are 
not included in purchase price. If it is more expedient to ship by parcel post, we will so forward your order and send parcel 
post charges collect. At any rate, our light-weight packing procedure is designed to hold transportation charges to a minimum. 
There is no charge for packing. 
@ Method of Payment. We are glad to ship on open account, payable 10 days after receipt of plants, but on orders under 
$25.00 we ask your co-operation in remitting with order to avoid bookkeeping expense. If you wish credit, and are a new 
customer, please supply credit references. 
@Small purchases are as welcome as large orders and we want to serve you regardless of your needs. But it costs about as 
much to handle a small order as a large one and packing is proportionately more. Therefore, please add 30 cents service 
charge on orders under $5.00. 
Again, Help us to Help You by Ordering Early—Just as Soon as You Can Determine Your Needs. 
GROWING CHRISTMAS TREES 
There are a number of excellent bulletins available on Christ- 
mas Tree Culture and | commend them highly to the grower. 
Write to the U. S. Forest Service, Washington, D. C., and your 
own State Conservation Department. Or write me and | will 
send you a good bulletin. 
But the essentials of Christmas tree culture are remarkably 
simple and | offer the following suggestions from years of 
planting and growing Christmas trees on my own farm. 
To begin with, select poor land. Sound crazy? Not at all. 
Pine trees and other evergreens suited for Christmas trees prefer 
acid (sour) well-drained soils. Keep away from heavy bottom 
soils. The soil can be clay, sand, gravelly or filled with rocks 
for that matter. An eroded worn-out hillside, unless too hot 
and drouthy (as a south or west exposure) is usually fine. Rich 
ground will grow a lush crop of tall-growing weeds which wilt 
choke the young Pine seedlings. But Pine trees have low fertility 
requirements and will make good growth where common weeds 
grow sparsely. Obviously, ground overgrown with brush or scrub 
will choke out small evergreens before they get a start. 
This is the beauty of Christmas tree growing—you can use 
old fields and waste hillsides that ‘‘won’t grow beans.’ 
Scotch Pine is the No. 1 variety for Christmas tree growing 
(you must secure a strain that is fast-growing and has a good 
bright green or blue-green winter color). Norway (Red) Pine is 
increasing in favor because of its shaggy, deep-green needles. 
The Pines do not shed their needles and good plantation-grown 
Pines are far superior to the shipped-in, dried-out Spruce 
and Fir offered on most markets. These well-formed home-grown 
Pines bring a handsome premium. 
Douglas Fir, Norway Spruce, White Spruce and Black Hills 
Spruce are suited for Christmas tree growing in the cooler 
moister sections of the country and these varieties demand bet- 
ter soils than Pines. In most cases, however, the Pines can be 
more economically grown and profitably sold. In certain sec- 
tions the Red Cedar is used as a Christmas tree and is unique 
in being adapted to either sweet or acid soils. 
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fails to grow if you report by July Ist following planting. 
Elsberry, Missouri 
GUARANTEE 
We guarantee each order will be filled with fresh dug stock of superior quality and we guarantee 
it will reach you safely and undamaged in a live, vigorous condition, ready to grow. 
We further guarantee our plants to thrive for you if planted according to our instructions 
that are furnished with each order acknowledgment and if given intelligent and reasonable care. 
You would not expect us to replace stock lost due to bad drainage, drought, carelessness or neglect 
on the part of the planter, which are conditions beyond our control. In the event of any loss for 
whatever reason we will, however, share your loss and replace at one-half price any stock that 
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Use good, husky, root-pruned seedlings or transplants. Set 
plants 5 feet apart each way (1,700 trees per acre). Planting 
is best in early spring and it is vital to order your ptants well 
in advance of planting. 
Planting progresses much more rapidly in prepared soil (plowed 
and harrowed). Where tilling is not practical and vegetation is 
present, an 18-inch ‘‘scalp’’ may be made where each plant 
is to be set. Plowing furrows on the contour is best for hillside 
planting. 1000 trees per day is normal for hand planting. Plant- 
ing machines (where lay of land and soil conditions permit use) 
plant up to 10,000 seedlings per day using two setters and a 
tractor driver. 
Ordinarily, Christmas tree plantations require little care. 
Sprouts should be kept cut and annual pruning of the trees 
should be made after the second year. Simple pruning assures 
a high percentage of compact, salable specimens. 
Harvesting begins the fourth year (3rd for table trees) and 
continues for several years. If you have an accessible location 
near town, people will flock out to buy your superior trees and 
a family will greatly enjoy cutting its own tree. Trees may 
also be sold wholesale to stores, florists, nurseries, organizations 
and others that have tree Jots. Contract with these buyers in 
early summer. Long-distance truck operators buy trees in quan- 
tity for selling on distant markets. | think we have gotten more 
net return from our hillsides in Christmas trees than our good 
fields in farm crops. 
PINES—For Christmas Tree and Forest Planting 
Two-Year Root-Pruned Seedlings 
Scots Pine (Rapid Growing Blue-Green foliage-type) 
4-6 in., $28.00 per 1,000. 6-8 in., $35.00 per 1,000 
Norway Pine, 4-6 in., $33.00 per 1,000. 
Norway Pine Transplants, 8-10 in., 18c each in 100 lots; 
15c each in 1,000 lots. 
MISSOURI 
GROWN 
L, Akavesee | |§ HARDY 
FORREST KEELING NURSERY 
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