UNION CITY, MICHIGAN 3 
WARNING NUT TREE PLANTER—My hardy, grafted nut 
trees will begin to bear for you in from 8 to 5 yars. 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 needed 
such as along fences, in the back yard, or your front lawn. They 
make majestic shade trees and soon yield waluable nut crops to 
pay their costs. 
The varieties listed in this catalog have been selected from 
thousands sent in to the Nut Contests over many years. To be wor- 
thy of space in my catalog a nut variety has to have a thin shell 
—the flavor must be of the best—sni 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 College—The U. S. Department of 
Agriculture—Cornel] University The Northern Nut Growers Asso- 
ciations, Ince.—Columbia University of Missouri and many other 
State Experiment Stations and Inscitutions. 
Nuts are very nutritious, containing a high percentage of read- 
ily divestible oils. They are not as perishable as fruits so that they 
can be gathered at leisure and stored for months in a dry place. 
Plant all nut trees 40 to 50 ft. apart, except hazels may be set 
at 15 ft. space. A 12 year English walnut tree on good soil should 
bear a bushel of nuts that drop clean to the ground. English wal- 
nut trees develop a grayish-white bark after 3 years. 
ORGANIC 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 is needs, Either you overfeed or you 
underfeed. With the organic sys em you need not worry for there 
will be little tendency to overfeel 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 8 foot 
cirele around where you w.sh 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 settle the soil around the roots.Keep off with your feet or tamp- 
inv after that. When the water his soaked away you may sprinkle 
the fertilizer around. Use about 4 lbs. around a small nut tree 
For an oreaniec mixture mete upPa mixture of 3 parts milorganite 
and 1 part of ground Rock Phospiate. These materials 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 mul- 
chine around each tree with leaves such as oak, maple, ete. Put 
the leaves down about four or fie inches deep and_ sprinkle a 
ttle soil over them to hold them down. 
