GREEN'S NURSERY COMPANY, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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WINTER BANANA APPLES 
Winter Banana Apples—Golden Yellow Color—Red Cheeks—High Quality—Long Keeper 
Green s Nursery Co., Rochester, N. A . Dear Sirs: It is nearly twenty years ago since I ordered from your nurseries 
trees of the Banana apple. These trees were vigorous and well formed and made a remarkable growth. They commenced 
beanng the fifth year after planting. The Banana has proved one of my most profitable varieties of apples. It bears 
at an early age, is a good grower and has a tendency to bear every year. I have found the Banana to be a good seller on 
account of its fine quality and great beauty. One of the peculiarities of the Banana apple is its long keeping charac¬ 
teristics. I have no better keeping winter apple than Banana. It has, as you have claimed, a Banana-like flavor which 
I ha\ e never noticed in any other variety. While it is known as a golden yellow apple it has a blush on one side which 
renders it very attractive in the package or on the plate as a dessert apple. It is of large size and the trees are entirelv 
hardy in my locality. I assure you that 1 have never regretted planting this superior variety.— Apple Lover. 
Winter Banana. (Winter.) A magnificent dessert 
--- apple, which on account of its at¬ 
tractive appearance and fine quality commands a readier 
sale and higher prices than most apples. Packed in boxes 
for the fancy trade it is in ready demand. The fruit is large 
and keeps all winter. Flesh whitish, tinged with pale yellow, 
firm, crisp, tender, subacid. Skin clear pale yellow with 
beautiful pinkish red blush. Tree vigorous and hardy. 
Ripens in December, lasts until April. 
We have been growing Banana apple at Green’s Fruit Farm 
for many years. The tree is a good grower. No orchardist 
should feel satisfied without having the Banana apple in his 
orchard. 
Green’s Nursery Co.: Enclosed find my order for shipment 
by express. Of the S-l Winter Banana apple trees I bought of 
your house, spring 1917, 10 are in bloom and all would have 
been but for heavy pruning. The 10 show fair signs of apples 
this year. That is good enough for me, 12 months after 
planting. John Snyder, Ocean View, N. J., May 3, 1918. 
THE WINTER BANANA APPLE 
Mr. John Ball of Caledonia, N. Y., a well and widely known 
business man and produce dealer, in our office said:*“I have 
bought, handled, or seen thousands upon thousands of 
barrels of apples, but with all my buying, handling or seeing, 
I have never come across anything like the Winter Banana 
apple for beauty and attractiveness. I would like to buy 
500 barrels.” 
WINTER BANANA APPLES SOLD AT $12 A BOX 
Banana, best of yellow apples. The crop of Banana apples 
grown in the Flood River District, Oregon, several years ago, 
sold at $12 per box, the highest price ever received for apples. 
These boxes contained less than a bushel of fruit. 
A few years ago a sale of apples was reported from Liver¬ 
pool, England, 40-lb. boxes of Banana apples selling at $4.40 
per box, while full barrels of other leading winter fruit sold 
at S4.70 per bbl. (about 180 lbs.) 
Green's Nursery Co.: If you have to substitute any in my order. Winter Banana is the one for my choice. I wish I had ground to spare to plant 
ten acres ofthem. I have also two bearing trees of Yellow Transparent and they are surely a beautiful apple. We sold them at 6 cents a pound and 
our Maiden's Blush also sold for that price. J. C. Larsen, Lafayette, Indiana. 
For Prices on All Apples See First Pages of Catalog 
