SPRING 19538 
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1435 Independence Avenue... 
MEYERS NURSERY 
PLUMS 
GIANT FRUITERS 
We take pride in offering these NEWEST, FINEST, HARDIEST, PLUMS—and most of them start 
bearing the next year after planting. Use several varieties in your clump to get the biggest and best 
crops. Include a Superior or a Toka, as they are excellent pollenizers. 
Ember—Large fruit, flame yellow to red, with rich, 
meaty flesh of grand quality and flavor. 
' La Cresent—Outstanding yellow plum. The big, ten- 
der, sweet fruit makes delicious preserves and pies. 
~-Pipestone—The grand big new purplish-red plum from 
Minnesota, as large as tropical fruit but all hardy. 
Tinest quality; excellent for canning or eatiny fresh. 
Bears young and heavily; ripens in August. 
Red Coat—Big prune-shaped plums of vivid scarlet: 
rich, juicy, meaty flesh of delicious flavor. Entirely 
freestone. : , 
~ Waneta—Juicy, medium sized fruit of rich, fine fla- 
vor; dark purple skin and flesh. Excellent for can- 
ning. Bears enormous crops. 
Superior—A plum that should be in every planting. 
Immense fruit of clear rich red firm meaty flesh of 
rich, delicious flavor. Can be peeled as you would a 
peach. Ripens éarly in August. A good pollenizer 
for other plums, 
Stanley—A new prune-type plum from New York that 
is rapidly becoming the most popular of all plums. 
Large, dark-blue, prune-shaped fruits. The rich yel- 
low flesh is firm, sweet and delicious flavor. Excep- 
tionally fine for eating fresh and canning. A heavy 
regular bearer. Ripens in early September. 
Dietz Prune—Extremely hardy. Dietz is not large — 
but it is extra sweet, freestone and very hardy. The 
tree is very shapely and bears a heavy crop of fruit 
that is sweet enough to eat fresh like Bing Cherries. 
Very hardy and dependable. 
Toka—Highly prized for its rich apricot flavor. Large, 
firm, orange-red fruit; early and heavy bearer. Excel- 
lent pollenizer. 
PRICE OF PLUM TREES 
Syn US niGie hee aeer ce oa aries Each $1.50 10 for $13.50 
A-5Y LCC tiep ar muteraseeid tke ye tare Each 1.65 10 for 15.00 
D=0 SLCC barter eal uae teres Each 1.85 10 for 17.50 
Pears 
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Pears grow in any ordinary soil, even in sod, right 
in your yard. Plant 20 feet apart. Two.,érees alike or 
different varieties, planted neat each™~ other so they 
can cross-polinize, will both prpduce more heavily than 
if planted alone. 
Patten—Originating in fowa, this is a very hardy Pear 
which can be planted in cold sections like northern 
Iowa, Minnesota, ete. Ripens in August. 
is large, yellow with blush, jyu%ey, sweets luscious ¢fla- 
vor. Good bearer. 
Bierschmidt—A new summer Pear ripening a few days 
after Bartlett. Originating in Northern Iowa, it is 
hardier than Bartlett. Good bearer. Highest quality. 
Blight resistant. 
‘Parker—A new summer 
after Bartlett. 
than Bartlett. 
resistant. 
pear ripening a few days 
Tested in Northern Iowa, it is hardier 
Good bearer. Highest quality. Blight 
Kieffer—The most widely planted winter Pear. A 
healthy, hardy and vigorous grower which bears 
young, heavily and regularly. The fruit is large and 
fills countless jars every season. 
~ Bartlett—Our most popular summer Pear. Fruit is 
large, yellow with blush, juicy sweet, high quality. 
\LincolIn—Early fall pear. A good grower and produc- 
ing good crops of fruit delicious for both canning and 
eating. 
PRICES ON ALL PEARS 
Alike or Assorted, Your Choice 
A tOnd feeb. nacre: »-Each 1.50 3 for 4.20 6 for 7.50 
5 tO feet incarronk Hach $1.75 3 for $5.00 6 for $9.50 
Bartlett Duchess Max Red 
Hig chit aes herr eels. tna BODO? 2 for $4.50 
Peaches 
Peaches in Central Iowa should be planted where 
they will have as much winter protection as possible. 
Prices: of all peaches ...... 5-6 ft. $1.50; per 10 $14.00 
. Hale Haven—Rivaling the Alberta, this peach is a 
few days earlier and hardier. 
\ Polly—Claimed by some as the hardiest peach. A 
large, blushed, free stone, ripening just before the 
Alberta. White flesh. 
The frujt~ 
Delicious Cherries 
Cherries are very hardy—ours are sure to bear, 
large and heavy rooted. Plant some of all of them for 
all season bearing. 
Early Richmond—Harly, English pie cherry, red. 
Montmorency—Midseason, main crop, large dark red. 
Our favorite. 
Oka—Many consider Oka to possess the best quality 
fruit of any Cherry-Plum cross. The large (about 1 
inch in diameter) fruit ripens to a dark purple. 
PRICES OF CHERRY TREES 
DoW af EC teerr Seg Pe eta heat ReOriey kale Per 3 $4.20 Each $1.50 
BB sac S biciatortsuste ser SENS IT Per 3 4.75 ach 1.75 
Siete tty Orci ec aeen ee Mee eee Per 3 6.00 Each 2.25 
Currants 
Full of tangy, snappy flavor that makes perfect 
jelly alone or with other fruits. 2-year No. 1 bushes— 
hardy and easy to grow. Shipped Prepaid at planting 
time. 
Cherry—Tremendous yields of large, red, tasty ber- 
ries. Hasy to. pick. 
Perfection—Improved strain that gives biggest yield 
of spicy berries. 
Red Lake—Juicy red berries on long bunches, Hardy, 
disease-resistant. 
State: variety: (i: i... 2... 0s Each, $ .60; per 10 $4.98 
Blackberries 
Make waste space pay with blackberries 
Alfred—Harliest blackberry. Productive. Large fruit. 
Profitable. 
Snyder—Very hardy and productive. 
State variety. Postpaid from nursery. 
10 for $1.75; 25 for $4.00; 100 for $12.00 
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Gooseberries 
Champion Downing 
PPV CALE DIANUS a ee eens uae acl on aren ree ace $ .65 
' of marvelous quality. 
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Strawberries 
EVERBEARERS 
GEM-EVERBEARING 
We have grown and sold the “Gem” for many 
years, Throughout the drouth years, reports have 
come back from customers saying, ‘““We never saw a 
Strawberry that could beat the Gem—Most vigorous 
plants and heaviest bearer—Are the biggest, reddest, 
juiciest strawberries we ever grew.’’ They ‘make’ 
new plants stand drouth and bear lots of fruit all 
summer long. 
POSTPAID PRICES 
Per 50 $3.50 Per 100 $6.50 Per 200 $11.00 
New, Super 
STREAMLINER EVERBEARING STRAWBERRY 
Not a novelty, but a new and truly great straw- 
berry that has swept the entire country! Very large 
fruit of brilliant scarlet red, has exceptionally rich 
quality and flavor—the grandest berries imaginable 
for eating fresh, canning, freezing, preserving. Just 
8 or 10 weeks after planting you start picking these 
immense, juicy berries, continuing until frost stops 
them in the fall. Plants are unusually strong, healthy 
and reproductive. 
POSTPAID PRICES 
Per 50 $3.50 
Per 200 $11.00 
$1.75 Per 100 $6.50 
Superfection—A still newer everbearing variety which 
is very promising, and we feel worth a trial. 
POSTPAID PRICES 3 
Per 100 $6.50 Per 200 $11.00 
JUNEBEARERS 
NEW GIANT ROBINSON 
Rebinson is glossy, scarlet red, with a sweet, mild 
flavor. Giant size, conical-shaped. Abundant crop— 
Ripens early, few days after Premier. A firm berry 
—excellent shipper. Thrifty plant maker, with heavy 
$1.75 
foliage. 
POSTPAID PRICES 
Per 50 $1.75 Per Per 200 $5.50 
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RELIABLE DUNLAP 
Sure, Heavy Crops 
The berries are dark crimson, with deep red flesh 
The plants are healthy, vigor- 
ous, and very productive. They grow in all kinds of 
soil and in extremely cold climates. Wonderful vari- 
ety for canning. 
POSTPAID PRICES 
Per 100 $2 
Per 500 § 
PREMIER 
Premier is a fine early berry. 
wide range of territory and on almost any soil. 
berries are good average size, a medium red 
and show up well in the package. 
POSTPAID PRICES 
Per 50 $2.00; Per 100 $3.50; Per 200 $6.00 
Per 500 $12.50 
Rhubarb 
Giant Victoria (Wine Plant)—This is the largest and 
Per 50 $1.50 Per 200 $5.00 
It does well over a 
The 
color 
best of the seedling varieties. Good, heavy stalks, 
juicy stems. Rich wine in color. 
PRICES 
Heavy GROGtS en: © wees Each, § .20; 10 for § 
Jumbo Roots 
nant 2k here « Each, $ .30; 10 for 
McDonald Seedless — Produces stalks of giant size, 
bright red—tender and flavorful. Does not go to seed. 
PREPAID PRICES 
migpisitat > MT we $ .65; 3 for $1.50 
Canada Red—Chipman’s brand new, super-deluxe, ALT 
RED RHUBARB. It’s positively the sweetest and fin 
est of all, its rich red color extending to the heart and 
clear up into the leaves, 
Each, $ .70 
Each division 
3 for $1.80 
Boysenberries 
New Thornless Boysonberries—The biggest berry ever 
developed! Its size is unbelievable—often two inches 
long. 50 of these plump, inch-thick marvels will fill 
a quart box—a sight so remarkable people can’t re- 
sist buying them! 
SE DLAtSeeneee tee $ .75; 10 for$2.00; 25 for $4.50 
