GREEN'S NURSERY COMPANY, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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Tompkins County King Apples (Reduced Size) 
Duchess of Oldenburg Apples (Reduced Size) 
Duchess of Oldenburg. ( Fall 0 Very valuable 
- 7 - 7—7 ---. because of its great 
hardiness. Fruit large, firm, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid. Skin 
pale yellow, striped with red. Tree medium size, vigorous 
and hardy. Ripens late in August and early in Septembsr, 
A patron called at our office and placed an order for fall 
shipment. He ordered Elberta peaches and Duchess of 
Oldenburg apples for spring 1919 which he said were great 
money makers for him. He has an orchard of Duchess and 
is about to start a new Duchess orchard. He says the Duchess 
docs better and sells better than any other apple with him. 
King (Tompkins K ing). (Winter.) Its size and 
" ; “ ■ ~~--— beautiful red color 
make it well adapted for marketing in fancy packages, and it 
usually sells at an advance over general varieties. Fruit 
very large, rather coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid. Skin 
fine yellow, mottled and washed with orange red and lively 
bright red, striped and splashed with bright carmine. Tree 
vigorous and hardy. Ripens in October, lasts to January or 
later. 
THE KING APPLE 
There are few apples more popular in western New York and 
other eastern districts than the King, known sometimes as 
the Tompkins County King. It is a large apple fairly covered 
with red. It is an abundant bearer and bears at an early 
age. Western New York apple orchards are ransacked each 
year for supplies of King apple by the buyers in large cities. 
It is of good quality. Its bright red color makes it a favorite 
in the market. King on account of its not being a very rapid 
grower is a favorite for planting as fillers in orchards and for 
places in the garden where there is not room for overgrown 
trees. 
Fruits make home attractive to the children. If you 
thus make home attractive, their temptations will be less. 
In afterlife the fruit garden is never forgotten—“The orchard, 
the meadow, the deep tangled wildwood.” 
Every man desires to do something for posterity, for those 
■who come after him. V e desire to build a monument before 
death calls. Some build churches, some pyramids, others 
railroads or canals. I would plant trees. The trees we plant 
will not only enrich ourselves but will beautify the earth and 
refresh mankind long after our bodies are turned to dust. 
All Prices Are Free on Board Cars at Rochester, N. Y. 
HIGHER PRICES MUST BE EXPECTED 
Notice that shoes cost more than twice as much as 
before the war. Other commodities have soared in 
price. The cost of nursery stock is largely with labor, 
which has increased in price as has almost everything 
used in the nursery business. It takes on the average 
three years to produce a tree. If you can buy this tree 
for from 30 to 50 cents each, you are certainly getting 
a bargain. One apple tree here has yielded twelve 
barrels in one season. 
For Prices on All Apples See First Pages of Catalog 
