GENERA L CA TALOG UE. 



Tweulj- years later Mr. John J. Tliomus, tlien, as now, editor of the " Country Gentlemiin," made the 

 following statement in tlic " llcuisti r, " concerning this establishment: 



"This Xin-serj-wasi'sralilisliL'ii in imO by Mc^ssrs. KUwanper & Barry, iu thcsouthorly part of Rochester, since 

 whioli time it Inis 1m on s(i i nluitrod tliat it now covers five hundred acres, probably the most extensive Nursery in 

 the wiirlil. Tlic wi.lc ui kln it j- of tliis fjreat establishment, its extent of business, and the interest generally felt to 

 know its ojicintioiis, itiiuiic a nntiee of corrasponding' fullness :— 



"The fruit tlopartnient iiciupics a">0 aeres, in about the following' proportion ot tin- ililTerent kinds: Standard 

 applcti, 72 ai res ; dwarf ai)pk-s, :il aere-^: standard pears, 89 acres; dwarf pears, ST lu ii r^ ; standard and dwarf cher- 

 ries, Quaeres; standard and dwarf plums, :;0 acres; and 82 acres of other fruit tivi.-. sn iUinj.'- stocks, &c., &«. 



"The ornamental department iK;cupies 90 acres, about as follows : 24 acres nf i ^ ( i Lrn-cn trees; 50 acres of hardy- 

 deciduous trees and shrutis ; 8 acres of dahlias, bulbs and herbaceous plains ; '> m-v<-~ specimen trees, ifcts. 



"The ineti employed are about 22S toSijO in the season, and about SU ihmuKli the winter. Tliree men are con- 

 stantly cinjjloyod in book-kcepinff, correspondence, &c., in addition to the extensive hibor in correspondence per- 

 foriuid hy the proprietors themselves. They have opened and built a street, which is exclusively occupied by their 

 fdicinen. head wurkmen, &C. 



"A siinrle seusdii's bmldluff numbers about 700,000 in the fruit department, and 100,000 in the ornamental. To 

 insure complete iiee\iracy, one of the proi)rietors cuts all the buds, which he immediately passes to a ntimber of 

 hands whii accoiiii)!niy him, who remove the leaves, when they are marked and tmnsferred to the fort^man of the 

 respective bnddintr companies. 



At tJie comuieucemeut of the tweiity-hrst year, the following reference to our prosperous growth was 

 made In a new catalogue issued at that time : 



" A\'e frivc this brief history of our iirosrrcss. not in the spirit of boasting, but simply to show <au' friends and 

 patrons how their pcnerons enoourufjeineiit has aided us in extending and perfecting our culture, and in carrjing 

 on the jilan of a lar^e Nuiserj-, tipon which wc started twenty yesirs ago, and which ican then cimsi<lere<l a ymithfvl 

 chinii nt liij tiliiKK't i;rcnjl/inbj lint owcsc/i.'w." 



" I)urinfi- the jieriod of seven years that have elapsed since our last edition was issued, fruit culture has made a 

 greater pro^M css in this country than it ever did before in the same period of time. Xfit only have fruit trees been 

 plnnted lo an extent uitoxctlier uiUMiualeil, but ntnnerous societies have been vigorously iiroseeutiiiK' the work, in 

 all |«irts of the comiiry, of <'licitinH- mid colleetintr information refrarding the best modes (jf propaKation, culture, 

 and f-'ciieral luanatfemi-nt of fruit trees, the best varieties for the various soils and climates of the country, and, in 

 fact, upon all that concerns fi-iiits anil fruit-tree culture. The information whieh has by these means been placed 

 Wtliin our reu<',li, added to the n suits of our own experience and close ami coiist;int obser vation, enables us to 

 correct many errors which unavoidably existc-d before. We have g-iv en miu h attention to the work of testing 

 varieties. Our experinienial f-n-ounds have cost us much, in both money and labor; lint we are well pleased with 

 the investment, for it enables us to can y f orward our work with a (lepre<' of intelligeiuie that is in a measure Sdt- 

 isl'actory to ourselves, and ffives to oia- jiatrons a reasomible guarantee of our accuracy." 



The editor of the American Rural Home, in writing recently of the Nurseries, said : 



"We think thtit we iire speaking ivithin bounds when we say that the Mount Hope Nurseries, in this city, foundetJ 

 and perfecteil by Messrs. Ellwaiiger & Iterry, are the most complete nurseries on the American continent. There 

 are others, doubtless, that cover more acres, devoted to two or thre(? specialties, as apple.s, i>ears, etc., liut no other 

 in which the various spei ics of fruit and ornamental trees, shnibs, vines and plants are so fully and so well repre- 

 sented. The professional horticulturist, llorist and landscape gardener can find a lietter oi)por( unity of examining' 

 specimens and studying'' their ijeculiar merits here than elsewhere, and the amateur who wishes to ornami'ut his 

 grounds with the choicifst that will trrmv in our climate, will be more certiim to find them here than in any other 

 nursery in our land. The iiroducts of this sfrand nursery have been scattered all o\-er the fnited States, and have 

 been sent I'iir liej ond our liordei-s. Scarcely a cit}-, town or hamlet in this eountrj- l)nt has been made inori; beau- 

 tiful and enjoyable fiy its einilributions. It must alTord the honorable proprietors in thi.«, the afternoon of their 

 lives, a (freat deal of pleasure, when they relleet how much they have contributed to the physical comfort, the 

 refinement and the moral elevsition of their countrymen f)y a vocation which, while it has conferred such blessings 

 upon our i)eople, has brouffht a generous return to themselves." 



We have thus iilaced licfore our ji:ilrou.s in a concise form the history of the origin, progress and 

 development of what has certainly proved to be one of the largest commereiiil enterprises of the country. 



The t'ity of Kochcster during the period of her early growth jirolitcd liirgelj' from the employment of 

 so large a number of men, and the impetus then received coutribuled greatly to her future prosperity. 



At the present writing our Nursery is fully up to the times. The stock is large and complete, both iu 

 the fruit and ornamental departments, and embraces, besides all the old standard varieties, a number of 

 novelties which seem to have merit. 



We have recently erected a new storage house of large capacity, which makes the third of these houses 

 that we have built. All are filled with choice fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, roses, smidl fruits, 

 grapes, pa-onies tmd plants, forming a complete assortment. We arc therefore prepared to fill orders all 

 winter for early planting. 



We retiiin our large force of skilled nursery a-saistants and arc unusually well equipped to execute all 

 orders, large or small, promptly and correctly, aud upon the most favorable terms. 



ELLWANCiER & IJAIiUY. 



January, 1890. 



