For aprasea or gyn ey it has 3 [see of nurserymen to grow the apple tree in nursery raws to 3 years of age, heading and branching the tops the third year, at about 3 feet above the greund. When the trees are dug they are sorted into 3 grades, ac cording to the height and the caliper. They are priced and catal— ogued according to height and caliper, and not according to the quality and their orchard planting value, . The height and the cal- iper never shrink in handl:.ng, rehandling ( jobbing )- fruit trees, " An egg is an egg. said the boy, as he took the largest, A tree is a tree, says the planter to himself, and he always takes the

largest. This is the age, size and selling system of the largest

proportion of the fruit trees grown and sold, and is the age and size almost invariably bought and planted in the home orchard. Results, dissapointment, loss and failure, The home orchard is the perpetual cemonstration or the old, old adage, the more naste the less speed, The perpetual experiment of pianting Big Trees for Quick Results,

The planter of the cammercial apple orchard of today, demands an apple tree with a 1 year old top, 4 to 6 feet in height. As soon as the trees are planted, he cuts off all the tops to within 15 inon es of the ground, removes and bruns them, Burns up 2/3rds, C0. Bi /Uths, of the purchase from the nurseryman, Burns up all the

, pest and Stronger st buds that were on the trees he bought and has

orly the lower and weaker buds eyes on the remecining stubs 15 inches high. He has moved the pruning knife from the nursery to the or- chard, ard from the very moment the oe are planted, he uses it, savagely, viciously end annually during the life of the orchard.

He has invented SCIENTISIC PRUNING and a short lived orchard.

The arbitrary removal with the pruning kmife of a considerable portion of the top of a growing tree, either in the nursery or in the orchard, leaving in the ground intact, thea whole root system to over supply the remaining top, is always followed by an. extreme and abnormal growth which promotes desease, decay and the premature death of the tree, The more severe the climate, the more quickly damaging results rollow, The most rapid growing varieties ( regard— less of “hardiness ) and the tender varieties perish first. The Slower growing varieties combined with nerdiness will endure oi48 ignorant misuse the longest, Y Hardy Trees “-is the -* will o' tne Wisp of the orchardist in a sevare climate,

In short,. the proper, age. and size fruit tree Tor planting. the home and the: commerciul orchard, is, the youngest and the shortest

well grown fruit tree, Quulity and orchaurdinplanting value, the

Guide in buying the trees and not the height anu the caliper,

We know much of the " cussedness"or the nurseryman, the tree agent and the jobber and also some or the persistent short—sight— edness of the buyer and planter of fruit trees, If you have not alre:.dy placed your order for fruit trees, we will pe pleased to argue this question with you further. We séeli only our own grown Sstocxs, We seli direct to the planter, No agents. We sell only the vurleties we grow and the amounts, Tnis places our nursery cutside the class of dealers, agents and jobbers and we hepe upon a higher plane

' Yours respectfully, Henry Lake Sons Co,, Nurserymen, February 1, 1913. Black River Falls, Wisconsin,

ponene oui “a ‘goseHe ong. tue fbeni As bet ia HLHAY, Rae * RY * te Ny Bae: prods Jeer & Fu fe, ‘tar: te 2 OG! BObEIB ONES beets fe. ae | “apstno has paokags Ment es as . ae bf vatbrns go: be 6 one : MEO Sita pits eB Pt ost oat ee rae ees ‘prbsios . i ieee dist (og utodol) Bebtonentes st chan ie 7 99ts A ‘gc OR RitL L: Olt MOO An cis: yoo 8. Diee Be Nbc OAT Bound AYSWiSs SA His Rea iar rade ip Dal Lcisiann a “geo OE” AO) Me cy 4 | (ation Baie st SP ck: Ae a elt Bite 5 = heey atid (a Lh Bs ie me nO pale MONE SS pT hg Bays Asp Ore Tol Ti stizwitivto PRES»: SHA ae lbetieta’ par. oa OTO. Sumide ie Sos E Toate Ne a Mao! Pa Hats 8 eee . Sri

iin eta eds » ie Bt Paaiog ‘etaon F20% PUT 4 GDS S sta Ota (Aae rie. Rik pee a mae Boo: i: i s gL wits ie } oN Sasa TOTS

xe ne ; ‘ : " f as ay i pace pits ow, oe : ADMINS wes > ne ei alice POAT NS aoe g Sedatiadte 4 Ay in} nen RES Le ew) ie? : eae a ae ae Gs . 0 Le sts ba ; ef os d ae ¢ 7 Sa AE Ne oe ee cg ees i i Kt e : ;

A Sona ALAS © Oy’ Bqoe ® uy oh: ARkS Qe arton” Nt Rink eae ea

sit ty 9 epn: fy dt a PP sa bic Od

ere mF i ere

ei aed

Bhs sete . , af aod ist a hi “eaten h. Fae Bate nee ai ie ue ae LG wan pit a eat ; bos

ae oe

: pave 5 Acie Risse SUI 1 hap PA ty sul agi aed Mia BH? Meals | Satan aah fas |

tee Shi oli! roy ea are i

p : fh A fass\ iS vi age tees mee ey ese hiv yea ' ‘Vda oN ‘ en Miya!

pie ey te uh wah ree ib ba iy her Ha) ve

fi es Fort

ce Chea ere eee git Wi ae 3 “NomBD % Per te RN ie eo oe Ee seer iinn’ ation ints ad ate! f Hazes ay fom oy ‘POET BAM 25 Ieee ABM CABS Beebe nt th nate PuOper AT ae *ifet ae tt, et Ak AK 3d ocr a Sp aR Yea bee sg bses: but Roe won herent oo +4 pee Be tE% Neo esV dea Wert ean Wor Pa) wove GaeOLE - tewe f eo

Oa Ope Cetera ta ob Bal hs a ‘eri tdios navi Gh Add att Ai 8 BOHLS Gari a late i Ame, 0. H. paibat tf Fash) oie a Sie: CATR RL CURR ain a aS ER Stevens Fhe PERE a nee SEE Lee 20 Ae to Pees sel sk i OTe Sec. itl ee Cie Ong: 2 ig

Cy Roman ERE Bek 8 eos: PRC mei: oR ‘D “tiseerto | fatter we? Sane eae! a PO del ES PL OGG £0 “Die > GLEE Bie OEE, Rei aa aa

7. * » oy a a ee " om ‘ ’ ‘ ‘4 as 9 4 Lott 4 hous Site us ite reg | tan } ads ie Yatet Barner a AGS: ro By Ty ta IT OFaD So PNET Se TTS reves TO SLE waco Guia re) A SEM? acu SHAS i TLORS TNR GeO SILA 1 Oe, O AO LULS DES Ra tony

Fe OGM Move tie. args gd a aes EAC reaL S Dick Nae oe

AT DO OLY LUT. tae shoes So yy dest mr, LOT, Son te ue 18! nee PERO Sipe WCE FO Sa nS a aa Pe eae ape dae Se Os Oaen IONS ye: Mammen |e eg Bes eat Fe aoe: mer ot opts nf oe Cae tc feer he hep Bho fh Ribas bY He od baeed I Gabe Fah Bini” Syt Pats eaddot DEES 2 ae piss

Bi Soe eer yi a ae he «aD gator i sO ; me at Boies we ehiged ‘Aart:

n m " , ry uae " t ”. trays o aks " ? o3 | - “ ie Jy é + a eae ry +% a ee i a r UPS NTN > “ ’ h eA \ PRIS OLS SMS eo SR SS ‘ oe » TMA v Bg f } Jyh OM, PRS, - ' ‘ + ‘ny Ney us, Sy eee os oi Sy 4 iS eae eae Ts © | WAS od % nf + che et ’ is As oA

> ads ‘ie, - eS "hap or

Bay

The Apple has lémg been regarded as " the king of fruits It contains more of the elements of food and diet and in a eos degree than any other fruit or vegetable, No fruit is more igner. antiv, deceitfully and dishonestly placed upon the market nor more ingorantly consumed, The apple should be always eaten fresh, not cocked, and in cin eed Quantity om account of its richness,

Dp to the Tresent time the selling price of apples has always peen tco near or helow the cost of preduction, Tec many varie~— ties of very inferior quality have made up the bulk of all apples grown, greatly restricting consumption, causing the grower to re- SOrt te deceit and’ dishonesty in selling and greatly depressing the price,

tUnder suck discouraging circumstances, the length of time re— quired to bring an orchard to a productive bearing age, the na- Pie Of weer iLe:( Deine prawn upen.a tree ), the science of apple orcharding has made no material advance during the past 30 to 40 years, The study giver. the subject, is largely, the study Ol Boru.cu. tural: dope, * Elevation, slope, airdrainage, dy-— namiting the holes before planting the trees, leaning the trees to the one o'clock sun, Scientific pruning, etc, etc, adnostrun, adinfinitum, disregurding the fact that nature grows trees upon all elevations . all slopes, all levels and on all kinds of s0i115S, under certain rixed laws of tree growth with which the igrorant ; murser'ran and ignorant orchardist are in constant warfare,

The growing’ @r fruit trees by. nurserymen has. a close. connec— tion with ercharding and is upon the same level with regard to prorit, cbt deceit and dishonesty, The nurserymen are always heavily tocked with nundreds of worthless varieties of fruit trees which require oe descriptive CAlLalogues » Slippery tongued tree agerts and.a vast amount of hort Loultural dope to annually

Gispose of ata Bist t. The armual planting and productions of these worthiess wrieties are the greatest ememies of the fruit Frower at tre present time,

Stute and federal regulation of the sale of tobacco, heer and whiskey Las been .a great factor in the development of profitable production and sale of these three great products,

State and federal retulation of the sale of apples and apple trees is almost here and will be as great a factor in the future profitable production and sale of apples.

The planter who begins an apple orckard today, using commor. norse sexse metnods instead of " horticultural dope ", using care in selecting the varieties and buying the trees, will be well repaid for bis enterprise 4s soon as the trees arrive at a prof- bbawaws DCA Lee are’,

Ve-erov truly trees for this class of planters, s@l1l them di- rect, no agents, Prices ae to the vurieties and quantity wanted will be given on receipt of your list.

Henry Lake Sons Co., Nurserymen.

Black River Falls, Wisconsin, January 15, 1913.