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GREEN’S QUALITY TREES, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
YOU THINK YOU HAVE NO PLAGE FOR 
FRUIT TREES.—But you have. Plant through 
the center of your garden a hedge row (trees 3 
feet apart) of dwarf pear, cherry, peach, or dwarf 
apple trees. Or a row of raspberries, grape vines, 
or a row of mixed fruit. Such a row takes up 
but little room. After you see the result of this 
one row you will plant other rows. I advise 
shearing off the tips of all the branches on fruit 
tree hedge rows every year, at any season. If 
done when in leaf this pruning will induce early 
fruiting. 
Duchess Pear 
Duchess Pear. (Duchesse d’AngoulemS) — Standard 
-and Dwarf—The Duchess dwarf 
pear trees give uniformly large crops of pears of marvelous 
size and good quality. . What the Bartlett pear is as a stand¬ 
ard, the Duchess pear is as a dwarf. The fruit is prized as a 
dessert fruit or for cooking. The Duchess pear is one of the 
largest in the world. Many people consider its flavor as 
superior to most other varieties. The tree is a strong, rapid 
grower and should be headed back by nipping off the branches 
each year. Otherwise it will grow too tall. I have picked 
from one dwarf Duchess pear tree growing in a dwarf pear 
hedge in my garden eight large baskets of pears in one season 
ail exceedingly large and beautiful. The Duchess pear is a 
good keeper. When fully ripe it is of a bright golden color 
with a blush on one side. More Duchess pear trees are sold 
each season than of any other variety. The full name of this 
variety is Duchesse d’Angouleme, indicating that it is an 
imported variety. Duchess is more often grown as a dwarf 
than as a standard. The fruit of Duchess pears is larger on 
the dwarf than on the standard trees. Season, October 
and November. 
Green s Nursery Co.: I received the trees and bushes and put them out 
at once. They were fine and am very much pleased with them. I have 
been buying from the Green Nursery Company for the last 20 years and 
all of the trees and bushes have been as satisfactory as this lot. John* H. 
Wilson, Wappingors Falls, N. Y., May 21, 1918. 
THE LAWRENCE PEAR 
This pear is not so well-known as its good 
qualities would warrant. It is a late keeping 
pear of beautiful golden skin, of moderate size 
and of excellent quality. There is no difficulty in 
ripening the Lawrence pear. It colors up some 
time before ripe enough to; be at its best and 
is not liable to become soft after ripening. When first picked 
the Lawrence is not inviting in color, being green looking and 
hard.. T he grower is pleasantly disappointed in seeing these 
uninviting green pears turn to the color of gold later in the 
season. It succeeds on the standard and dwarf. No collec¬ 
tion of pears is complete without trees of the Lawrence. 
THE BEST INVESTMENT. After over fifty years’ 
experience in various kinds of business, I have decided that 
there is no better investment than that made in the purchase 
of plants, vines and trees. I ask that you pause a moment 
and consider how valuable a single apple tree, peach, 
pear, plum tree or grape vine may be when planted upon 
your place. An investment is considered a good one if it 
pays ten per cent, whereas a fruit tree in supplying the 
family wall yield ten times that return. C. A. Green. 
• FRUIT TREE HEDGE—I am still in favor of plant- 
mg the hedge rows of fruit trees and have instructed my 
superintendent to continue such planting, particularly for the 
peach, dwarf apple and the dwarf pear, but even apples, 
cherries, plums and pears can be grown in that way. I insist 
upon there being a wide space each side of the hedge row, 
the trees in the row to be about three feet apart. The ground 
should be cultivated the same as for com or potatoes. A 
sui pnsmg quantity of fruit can be secured from such a row 
as this. 1 he idea of thus planting occurred to me from seeing 
dwart pear trees m the nursery row only six to eight inches 
apart bearing beautiful specimens of fruit. 
l or Prices on All Pears See First Pages of Catalog 
TyflwrPnro Late Winter Pear — Standard 
-— and Dwarf—Size medium to 
large, obovate, golden yellow, flesh melting, 
with a pleasant aromatic flavor. Tree a moder¬ 
ate grower and abundant bearer. The Lawrence 
pear should be better known. It is the best 
long-keeping winter pear. It will keep nearly as 
long as a Baldwin apple. When ripened it is a 
deep yellow pear of delicious quality. It is so 
fragrant its aroma will scent an entire room. 
There are not many long keeping winter pears. 
I have experimented with other winter pears 
and conclude that there is none equal to 
Lawrence. Near my home in Rochester, N. Y., 
is an _ extensive pear orchard of the leading 
varieties. I constantly pass this orchard and 
note its prosperous appearance and the loads 
of fruit which the trees produce. The owner 
takes great pride in this orchard and takes 
prizes at the annual exhibits. He has no winter 
pear superior to Lawrence. Season, Midwinter. 
