GREEN’S NURSERY COMPANY, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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Red Astrachan Dwarf, 3 Years Old. 
Dwarf Apple Trees Bear Very Young 
DWARF APPLES 
Dwarf apples commence bearing fruit the second year after plant¬ 
ing; and as they do not attain as large a size as standard trees, they 
are especially desirable for village or city gardens. The big advantage 
of these dwarf trees is that they do not attain a size any greater than 
peach, plum etc., and this makes them very desirable for gardens in 
the. city where space is limited. Heretofore city people have been 
obliged to buy all 1 their apples, because the size of their garden plot 
would not enable them to plant standard trees on account of the amount 
of space these standard trees required. These dwarf trees bear when 
veiy young and bear abundantly. You can go out into your own 
fruit garden and pick fruit from trees of your own growing and eat it 
when in the freshest condition. These dwarf trees open a new avenue 
to people who have gardens of a limited size. 
The usual distance for garden and commercial planting is 10 ft. 
apart each way, but dwarf apple trees can be planted in hedge rows, the 
same as dwarf pears, and can be set as near together as 3 or 4 ft. When 
planting this way, the trees only grow in two directions. They make a 
beautiful, ornamental and profitable hedge row. For descriptions of 
varieties of dwarf apples we refer you to descriptions given in the 
preceding pages of standard apple trees. 
Green's Nursery Co.: Last spring I ordered 11 dwarf apple trees and 25 dwarf 
pear trees, which were received in good growing condition. I am pleased to say 
that every tree I ordered from you then is growing and nobody can make a mis¬ 
take by ordering his nursery stock from Green’s Nursery. G. N. Stiutt, Fort 
Wayne, Ind. 
LIST OF DWARF APPLES 
Duchess of Oldenburg 
Fameuse 
Green’s Improved Baldwin 
Maiden’s Blush 
McIntosh 
Red Astrachan 
Rome Beauty' 
Wealthy 
Winter Banana 
Yellow Transparent 
Note.—We can supply only these 10 varieties in dwarf apples trees. 
Dwarf Apples. On a recent visit to Green’s Fruit Farm my attention was called to a 
-L-L-- - block of dwarf apple trees about 4 ft. high. From a distance one of these 
trees seemed to be filled with roses. On approaching I saw' they w 7 ere not roses, but apples. This 
tree, small as it was, simply such as is ordinarily sold at the nurseries, w r as filled whth Duchess 
of Oldenburg apples, making a beautiful sight. The Duchess is an attractive and desirable fruit, 
particularly so w r hen grown as a dw'arf apple. It is a late summer apple. 
The late Joseph Harris, seedsman and author of “Walks and Talks” published years ago, 
was a practical man. His orchards of Northern Spy apples were knowm in the markets of Europe 
as w'ell as in the markets of this country. In addition to his Northern Spy apple orchards, he 
had in the fruit garden at the rear of his house a little orchard of dw'arf apple trees in which he 
took great pride. On visiting him he led me to this beauty spot, pointing to the display of apples 
with great pride. This was the first dwarf apple orchard I had ever seen. Like dwarf pears, 
dw'arf apple trees should, in order to secure the best success and early fruiting, have the ends of 
the branches cut back each season. We are beginning to leam that this system of nipping back 
or shearing off the ends of the new growth is beneficial not only to dwarf apples but to dw r arf 
pears, standard pears and to many other fruits. 
For Prices on All Apples See First Pages of Catalog 
