GREEN’S NURSERY CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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Dwarf Fears. 
Dwarf Pears have long been popular, es¬ 
pecially for gardens or small grounds where 
larger trees would be cumbersome or un¬ 
sightly. When trained low as above, and 
kept headed back each year, they make a 
beautiful appearance in blossom or when 
loaded with beautiful colored specimens. 
Dwarf Pears come into bearing after the 
second year planted, sometimes giving fine 
specimens on the young trees before leaving 
the nursery. They should be in cultivated 
soil to get the largest fruit, yet a dwarf pear 
tree near our kitchen door in sod, bears large 
crops every year, of large, fine fruit, beauti¬ 
ful specimens. I can imagine nothing more 
attractive in the garden than a few rows of 
well trained dwarf pears. If you desire to 
remove them in after years you can do so, as 
they are as easily transplanted as any weed. 
We offer a rare collection of varieties. Price 
for largest tree, 20c. ; 1st class % size, 15c.; 
smaller size, nice trees, 3 feet high, good 
roots, 12c. each, $9 per 100. 
You have heard of Saratoga. It is a great 
resort. People go there by thousands to 
drink Congress water, flirt, dance, gamble 
and attend horse races. The Saratoga I have 
in mind is of greater interest to fruit grow¬ 
ers than the place after which it is named. 
The Saratoga plum originated from a seed 
lanted in a garden near Saratoga, N. Y. I 
now the man well who planted the seed. 
The tree grew rapidly, and soon bore fruit 
that attracted attention from its large size, 
great beauty, fine quality and productive¬ 
ness. Its color is a redish purple, covered 
with a handsome bloom. In shape it is a 
cross between Lombard and Bradshaw— 
longer and larger than Lombard, broader 
than Bradshaw. Its quality has been espe¬ 
cially commented upon by all who have had 
the pleasure of eating it. Taking it all it 
is a plum that cannot fail to please our 
patrons. 
Plums of all kinds are attracting much 
attention now, which is remarkable from the 
fact that ten years ago no one thought of 
planting them, thinking the curculio would 
destroy the entire crop. About that time J. 
S. Woodward stated before our local society 
that he had decided to what most people 
would consider a rash thing, which was to 
plant a plum orchard. He did so and made 
money. I well remember how he astonished 
us by his apparent rashness. Since then it 
has been discovered that the curculio has be¬ 
come less numerous, or having more fruit to 
work upon, does but little, if any, injury. 
It is a fact that where orchards are planted 
to plum trees the curculio simply thins out 
the fruit, doing thereby a good service, for 
plums are enormously productive, always 
setting more fruit than should be allowed to 
mature. 
A fine plum is a delicious fruit. I can re¬ 
call those I ate in childhood. They are good 
to eat out of hand, to dry, or to preserve. 
Immense quantities of dried prunes are im¬ 
ported each year, that should be grown 
here. 
The price for the Saratoga plum is $1 per 
tree. All who buy'^TO^vahll^ of ti'ees of us 
this fall will get one of these noble plum 
trees free, or one Moyer’s Early Red Grape, 
your choice, if you claim it at the time. All 
who buy $5 worth of stock of us this fall will 
get one Ulster Prolific, new, early red grape 
free, if UiaiihedU Remember freight rates 
are one-third lower, and that prices for trees 
will be advanced next spring. 
One Year Old Apple Trees. 
There is nothing that we have sold our 
patrons that has given more uniform satis¬ 
faction than these young trees. Patrons in 
Utah, Washington Territory, Idaho, British 
Columbia, Maine, Nova Scotia and every 
part of the continent have ordered them, 
often by mail, and thus secured good or¬ 
chards at small cost. Imagine a man at 
Pikes Peak, thousands of miles away, buying 
12 apple trees for 70 cents delivered at his 
door, and making every one live and produce 
fine fruit. Having many roots in proportion 
to the top they all live. We do not loose one 
in thousands planted, even under unfavor¬ 
able circumstances. We cannot send as 
large trees by mail as by express or freight, 
but they live and grow just as well. People 
living near us or near rail roads can afford 
to buy larger trees, but for those far away 
these one year old trees (which means one 
year’s growth after grafting) are a great 
boon. A Maine man bought some, not being- 
able to buy larger trees. He had to wade 
through swamps filled knee deep with ice 
water to get them from the railroad. His 
neighbors laughed at his small trees, but all 
lived and grew three to four feet the first 
year, and then his neighbors proposed getting- 
some of the same kind for themselves. 
See pages 7-8 for list of varieties. 
See pages 3 to 8 for descriptions and prices. 
