. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. igii BETTER FRUIT Page yi Montana Fruit Growers AND OTHERS OF HIGH ALTITUDE We are now ready to book your orders for fall and spring delivery of Mcintosh Red and Wageners. For Northwest fruit growers in general, a full stock of all standard varieties — Spitzenbergs, Jonathans, Winesaps, Rome Beauties, etc., and all other kinds of fruit trees and shrubbery. THIRTY-ONE YEARS IN BUSINESS MILTON NURSERY COMPANY A. Miller & Sons, Incorporated MILTON, OREGON SOMETHING NEW IN FRAMES FOR THE HOTBED HOTBEDS and cold frames are used by professional gardeners for two ob
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. igii BETTER FRUIT Page yi Montana Fruit Growers AND OTHERS OF HIGH ALTITUDE We are now ready to book your orders for fall and spring delivery of Mcintosh Red and Wageners. For Northwest fruit growers in general, a full stock of all standard varieties — Spitzenbergs, Jonathans, Winesaps, Rome Beauties, etc., and all other kinds of fruit trees and shrubbery. THIRTY-ONE YEARS IN BUSINESS MILTON NURSERY COMPANY A. Miller & Sons, Incorporated MILTON, OREGON SOMETHING NEW IN FRAMES FOR THE HOTBED HOTBEDS and cold frames are used by professional gardeners for two objects: First, to get ahead of the weather; second, to get ahead of com- petition. They are used by the amateur gardener with the same two objects, but dif¥erently expressed, as follows: First, to create a bit of summer in winter time, and, second, to compel flowers and vege- tables to come when they are a treat. Whichever way you view it the main fact remains, that by growing plants in winter weather ready to set out half- grown in spring, just as soon as the ground will do, the gardener, whether professional or amateur, gains half the growing season. If one wants these advantages from using sash he should get full measure by using the very best. The most mod- ern sash are made to receive two layers of glass instead of one. These two lay- ers enclose an air space five-eighths of an inch thick. This air space is dry and a non-conductor of either cold or heat. It lets in the sunlight to warm up the bed and does not let the warmth out. It does away with the use of boards or mats, and saves the labor of covering and uncovering cabbage, lettuce, cauli- flower and any half hardy plants that are being grown. Even for tomatoes, pep- pers and other tender plants it is rarely necessary to put any extra covering on the two layers of glass. Many thousands of these sash are in use by market gardeners and on private estates, and even in city yards through- out the country. They have been
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