UNION CITY, MICHIGAN 3 
WARNING NUT TREE PLANTERS—My Hardy, Grafted nut 
trees will begin to bear for you in from 3 to 5 years. While the 
“cheap seedlings” offered by many nurseries need from 12 to 15 
years before they will give you nut crops. It also takes me several 
years longer to produce a grafted tree than it does seedlings. 
NUT TREE FACTS—Plant my trees anywhere a tree is need- 
ed such as along fences, in the ba:k yard, or your front lawn. They 
make majestic shade trees and soon yield valuable nut crops to pay 
their cost. 
The varieties listed in this catalog have been. selected from 
thousands sent in to the Nut, Contests over many years. Tio be wor- 
thy of space in my catalog a nut variety has to have a thin shell— 
the flavor must be of the best—and the kernels have to fall out 
in halves or twin halves without being shell-bound. 
My trees are approved by the following institutions for Home 
Planting: The Michigan State Co:leg.-The U. S. Department of 
Agriculture—Cornell University—Columbia University of Missouri 
—The Northern Nut Growers Association, Inc., and many other 
State Experiment Stations and Institutions. 
Nuts are very nutritious, containing a high percentage of read- 
ily digestible oils. They are not as perishable as fruits so that they 
can be gathered at leisure and stored for months in a dry place. 
Candymakers and Ice Cream Manufacturers are on the constant 
alert for good nuts that can be cracked without too much kernel 
breakage. The final timber value of a black walnut tree will be in- 
creasing as the demand for veneers for cabinet work continues. 
Why just rake up leaves every fall for nothing all your life? 
CRGANIC CULTURE FOR NUT TREES RECOMMENDED— 
After many years of experience with nut trees and their culture I 
have come to the final conclusion that organic culture gives the 
best and more permanent results. It is hard to feed a tree chemic- 
ally and give it just what it needs. Either you overfeed or you 
underfeed. With the organic system you need not worry for there 
will be little tendency to overfeed as the nitrogen is tied up in the 
humus and is liberated as the tree needs it.. 
Planting nut trees is simple to do. Remove all sod in a 3 foot 
circle around where you wist to put the tree. Fill in around the 
roots with rich top soil but do not put fertilizer of any kind in the 
hole near the roots. When you have the hole nearly filled in 
around a tree is a good time to throw. in a pail or two of water 
to séttle the soil around the roots. Keep off with your feet or tamp- 
ing after that. When the water has soaked away you may sprink- 
le the fertilizer around. Use about 4 lbs. around a small nut tree 
For an organic mixture make up a mixture of half pulverized 
sheep manure and half finely ground Rock Phosphate. These ma- 
terials cost but a few cents per pound and may be had from your 
dealer. Now after the fertilizer has been scattered around you 
finish the job by mulching around each tree with leaves such as 
oak, maple, etc. Put the leaves down about four or five inches 
deen and sprinkle a little soil over them to hold them down. 
