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ONLY -éexa GIVES YOU LAKE ERIE-GROWN Climatized NURSERY STOCK 
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Allen’s original Climatized nursery stock is Nature’s special 
gift to anyone who loves living, growing plants and trees. 
Whether you are a commercial grower, or a person who just 
likes to plant a few shrubs, or a tree — Allen’s Climatized nurs- 
ery stock is IDEAL for you. You see, Climatized trees and plants 
are grown in the rich glacial soil of Lake Erie’s shores — an area 
long famous as a producer of strong, heavy-rooted, rapid-grow- 
ing plants. Early Lake Erie frosts and severe winters harden the 
young grcwth to resist winter kill —Climatized stock thrives 
readily under the most adverse conditions. This means that you 
get plants and trees of strength and superiority that grow and 
produce better than ordinary stock. Truly, you get more for 
your money when you buy Allen’s Climatized nursery stock. 
You get growing success — you eliminate fear of losing a prized 
plant or tree — you save money on replacements. 
Our Stock Gets the Most Expert, Technical Care .. . 
To Assure Your Complete Satisfaction 
(1) Planting the Seedling — We spent thousands of dollars to 
develop a planting machine, hand-built to our specifications, to 
give our seedlings the perfect start in growth. We know that if 
you want a superior plant or tree, you’ve got to give the perfect 
start. It opens the ground, plants the seedlings, and closes the 
ground — all with perfect precision. Our planting machine opens 
the ground wider, so that the roots are not cut off in planting the 
seedlings. Naturally, full, strong roots give you a stronger, faster 
growing plant. And our machine plants so effectively—our plant- 
ing cost is only \% of the cost of ordinary growers. You profit — 
because this saving is passed on to you. 
(2) Spraying — Our high-pressure ‘Jet’ spraying machine and 
our own specially mixed, insecticides, guarantee complete control 
of insects during growth. With our high pressure “Jet’’ sprayer, 
we completely cover every square inch of the plants, completely 
saturating the entire growing area. So you see, our plants get 
complete protection from sap-sucking aphids, which stunt the 
growth of the plant for years. So you can be sure you're getting 
healthy, pest-free plants from Allen, 
(3) Budding Process — Every year we visit commercial orchards 
to find the best producing trees. When we find the few that meet 
our exacting requirements — we buy our bud wood from them. 
Then we're ready for our budding process. This process is so 
intricate that only the members of the Allen family are entrusted 
with the job. It must be done by hand, skillfully and expertly, 
because it can only be done one correct way. The perfeet union 
between the hardy seedling and the quality bud must be made at 
just the right point. 
(4) Shaping — Expert shaping, all done by hand, by the Allen 
family will train your tree to grow like a tree, not a bush or a 
shrub. Proper tree growth is important. You will receive tree 
with branches all around it, not all on one side. And you will 
have a-tree that will live longer, withstand storms, and will pro- 
duce bigger, more delicious fruit. Furthermore, Allen’s years of 
experience insure that the shaping work will give you a beautiful 
tree with absolutely no scars or stumps that can rot the heart- 
wood and kill the tree. 
(5) Fertilizing — Our stock is fertilized periodically with our 
specially prepared fertilizer mixture — especially at important 
stages of growth—to give you healthier, more vigorous plants 
and trees with strong, spreading roots that will quickly establish 
themselves after you plant them, 
(6) Digging for Shipment — All plants and trees are dug for ship- 
ment when they are dormant, so as not to endanger their growth 
after planting. And again, Allen has developed an expensive sys- 
tem of specially built tractors hooked in tandem scoops deep down 
under the roots every time. Al] the vital feeder roots are lifted 
right out of the ground intact, not cut or broken, Our machine 
leaves 50% more roots than by hand spading or outmoded digging 
methods. So you will receive your plants or trees with strong, 
thick roots—ready to be planted—ready to grow into big, husky, 
and productive trees and shrubs. 
(7) Preparation of Orders for Shipment — All order preparation 
is personally supervised by members of the Allen family. We 
know that an order must be prepared just right, so that the cus- 
tomer receives his stock in a sound, healthy condition. And there 
is only one right way to do this —the Allen way. First, the roots 
of all dormant stock are dipped in new RA-PID-GRO (page 22). 
This special treatment supplies the necessary plant food for the 
first year. Second, the roots are packed in sphagnum moss, and 
genuine cedar sawdust that will not heat up. This packing will 
keep the roots moist, cool, and alive during the whole trip, and 
up to the time you are ready to plant. Third, the roots and 
packing are wrapped in heavy paper to protect your plants in 
shipment. Fourth, they are shipped immediately by the fastest 
method —EXPRESS where possible. The Allen trucks run 3 
times daily to the Geneva express office. Your orders are always 
filled at the correct planting time for your locality. 
(2) PLACE YOUR ORDER EARLY 
OUR GUARANTEE 
We guarantee to deliver to our Customers first-class 
Nursery Stock in good growing condition. If through delay 
or mishandling in transit all is not in first-class condition 
on arrival, notify us at once and we will make a prompt 
and satisfactory adjustment by replacement or prompt re- 
fund of your remittance. 
We guarantee our nursery stock to be true to name, and 
we strive to avoid mistakes, however, should any stock 
prove untrue to name we agree to replace such stock or 
refund the purchase price. 
TERMS and CONDITIONS 
Inspection. All our trees and plants are carefully inspected by 
the state and an inspection certificate accompanies each and every 
shipment. 
Shipment. We ship via express, mail, freight. Stock marked mail 
is postpaid, otherwise is packed free and purchaser pays trans- 
portation charges. We start shipping in spring any time after 
February 1, and continue until June 1. Please state when you 
wish shipment made. Fall shipment October 1. 
Payment. Our terms are cash with order. Money should be sent 
by check, postal money order, draft, express money order or 
registered mail. 
Special Notice When Ordering. Please state how you wish ship- 
ment made. Write name, initial, post office, state, railroad station, 
R.F.D. number and R.F.D. box number very plainly so that no 
mistakes will happen in delivery; also use our order blank. 
Our Reference. Geneva Savings Bank, Geneva, Ohio; Postmaster 
at Geneva, or any paper in which our advertisements appear. 
Delivery Methods. Purchaser pays transportation unless marked 
mail postpaid. All prices in this catalog are listed by mail post- 
paid or express collect. Because of minimum rates imposed by 
the Express Company certain items usually sent by express can 
be sent cheaper by: parcel post. In order to meet postal regula- 
tions it will be necessary to prune some of these trees. This will 
be expertly done leaving the stock ready to plant. Where we can 
save the customer money in this way we will do so, sending him 
a bill for the postage. This is in line with Allen’s policy of 
prompt delivery of good stock as cheap as possible. 
Cash On Delivery applies to Trees and Plants Only. To those who 
wish to book orders in advance without sending money with 
order, we will ship C.O.D. by express or mail. 
Packing Methods. The nature of certain types of trees and plants 
require special packing methods and materials. We try, when 
possible, to ship entire orders complete in one container. Straw- 
berry plants, Perennial plants and Seedling Evergreens require 
special packing and will very often be shipped separately and at 
a later date. 
Shipment of Seeds. All seed orders are filled and shipped as soon 
after receipt as possible. Where orders consist of both seeds and 
trees, the seeds will be sent at once, the trees at proper planting 
time, or the date specified on your order form. 
Freel 
Planting Guide 
The complete little pocket booklet on 
“How to Plant’ will be sent with each 
purchase of nursery trees or plants. It’s 
a very helpful and descriptive planting 
aid! 
VISIT OUR MODERN NURSERY 
To our Customers who wish to come to our nursery and select 
their nursery stock and take it with them, we allow a substantial 
discount, that would ordinarily have been needed for the cost of 
packing and shipping. We are located on Ohio State Route 84, 
3 miles east of Geneva, Ohio. Our Sales Grounds are open from. 
8:00 a.m., to 5:00 p.m., including Sundays during the spring plant- 
ing season. 
Telephone — Geneva Day No. 5433 — Night No. 5437. 
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