The Crowning Achievement of 83 Years 
of /# Trail Blazing Service 
Scientific Bud Selection as practiced in the propa¬ 
gation of Greening Super Selected Trees is a 23-year 
development of an 83-year-old company. Greening’s 
experience goes back to 1850—11 years before the 
Civil War started—when John C. W. Greening, a pro¬ 
fessional gardener from Germany, settled on 30 acres 
of land in the fertile Monroe district. The accompany¬ 
ing picture was taken in one of his orchards, planted 
the afternoon of the day he first voted for President 
Lincoln. 
Today, The Greening Nursery Company occupies 
1500 acres of the finest stocked nursery land in the 
world, and is likewise the largest grower of fruit trees 
in the world. 
Greening ideals, traditions, honesty of method and 
of product have been handed down through three 
generations of sons and grandsons. John C. W. Green¬ 
ing was followed by Charles E. Greening and he, in 
turn, was followed by Benjamin J. Greening, now our 
President. Greening management has always been in 
the hands of men born and raised in the business— 
experienced, practical men, with a detailed working 
knowledge of the fruit grower’s problems. 
Every year, hundreds of visitors—old friends and 
first-time acquaintance and customers—visit Monroe 
and inspect our nurseries. When they leave, they carry 
with them something more than the memory of a busi¬ 
ness contact — a warm, friendly, satisfying, confi¬ 
dence-building feeling that they have met and talked 
with men who understand and appreciate their orchard 
problems—men who unquestionably have the knowl¬ 
edge and ability to help them solve those problems. 
Come and see us. You will be given a warm wel¬ 
come. 
John C. W. Greening 
Founder of the Greening 
Nurseries 
Four Generations of Greenings 
The late Mrs. John C. W. Greening; her son, the 
late Chas. E. Greening; Benjamin J. Greening, Presi¬ 
dent of the present Greening Nursery Company and 
his son, Chas. B., Jr. 
Greening’s Mammoth storage cellar, newest, largest, most modern nursery storage cellar in America 
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