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What you should know about Inter-State Nurseries 
The most important facts are that back of this firm are life-times of 
nursery experience, plus the best nursery soil, and a sincere desire and 
effort to please and satisfy our customers. 
Our soil, called Loess by the geologists, is very rare, occurring in only 
a few places throughout the entire world. Even in Iowa, famous for its 
rich soil, this Loess is rated something very special and super-excellent. 
We have a long growing season, time to make the husky plants you 
like to set out. And our winters are cold enough (sometimes 20 below 
zero) to assure hardiness. Normally rainfall is ample. But we have 
nearly 300 acres under irrigation where we grow perennials and such 
stock as needs more regular watering. In one of these fields we grew 
over a million Phlox, the very plants listed on Pages 63 and 83. They 
are big plants, the finest we ever grew. 
We three brothers, Carl, Les, and Dave worked for a large nursery on 
Saturdays and school vacations. In 1919 we moved to Hamburg, 
establishing our own nursery, growing and selling at wholesale to other 
nurseries. In 1931 we decided that as long as we were growing the 
nursery stock, we should sell it Direct-To-You, the final customer. So 
we issued our first catalog Spring 1931. 
Now as the years have gone by, we are aided by our sons, who have 
grown up in the business, and an exceptionally fine organization, many 
have been with us since our first catalog and even before. 
Our new storage 
Last summer we built a completely new storage, exclusively for roses. 
Visitors have told us it is America’s finest. The temperature and 
humidity are controlled so that rose plants keep dormant and in 
perfect planting condition as far into late spring and summer as we 
wish and providing they are not sold sooner. ‘We also refrigerated 
completely our large regular storage for trees, shrubs, etc. This stock 
will stay dormant and in perfect planting condition until late in the 
season. This means we can serve you better than ever before. 
About this catalog 
It is not just a sales book, but a Guide to Better Planting. After you 
look it through, you will agree it is our finest Catalog. We have tried 
hard to make it more helpful, better illustrations (but it is absolutely 
impossible to reproduce on paper the real beauty of nature, the texture, 
the sheen, the glowing colors), You will find New Roses such as Circus 
on page 1. Perennials that are not only new but better, such as Pink 
Princess on Page 55. For many years we have devoted much time and 
effort on the best methods of producing Dwarf Fruit Trees. No nur- 
sery in America has a finer selection of these Amazing Little Giants, 
small trees, giant fruits. You will find them on pages 17 and 84. 
Finally 
This then is a short story about the Inter-State Nurseries, a national 
institution, the largest of its kind. It has helped to make America 
More Beautiful, More Fruitful. Its proudest possessions are the thou- 
sands of voluntary letters telling about the greater enjoyment, better 
health, more beauty, and the satisfaction of making homes better 
places in which to live. 
And please, we welcome your suggestions, telling us how we can serve 
you better, 
