GREEN’S NURSERY COMPANY, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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Downing Gooseberries 
GOOSEBERRY BUSHES 
Downing Gooseberry. Do y° u . that its 
------ value lies in its pro¬ 
ductiveness, fine quality, beautiful appearance, vigorous 
giowth, and freedom from mildew? It is recommended as 
proof against mildew. Free from spines, of -a transparent 
color, tending to yellow; bush upright, keeping the fruit from 
the sand. Enormously productive and unsurpassed for 
canning. It is easily harvested by stripping the branches 
with a gloved hand, enabling the picker to gather many 
bushels in a day. The winnowing of leaves is done by an 
ordinary fanning_ mill, the same as beans. They can be 
shipped from Maine to California like marbles. We recom¬ 
mend planting them between the rows of trees in an orchard. 
They w r ill pay the expense of bringing it to maturity. If 
gooseberries are planted for home use alone, the fruit will 
remain on the bushes in nice condition for several weeks and 
can be picked as needed.—C. A. Green. 
Chautauqua Gooseberry. Very large, one of 
—--- the best. Superior 
quality and very productive. 
You can pay the expense of bringing your orchard into 
bearing by planting gooseberry bushes between the rows of 
trees. Or you can keep your family well supplied with fresh 
or preserved fruits by planting a few bushes in your garden. 
Gooseberries are the second earliest fruit ready for market. 
The demand is constantly increasing as more are being 
preserved every year. The returns from gooseberries are 
very satisfactory, as the expense of cultivation is light. Two- 
year-old bushes the third year after planting should produce 
200 bushels per acre, increasing to 400 bushels the fifth year. 
Gooseberries do best on a cool, damp, rich soil, and should 
be pruned each spring so as to give the new wood a chance. 
CROWING GOOSEBERRIES 
The gooseberry is a neglected fruit. The market is rarely 
over-supplied with this fruit, and a reason for this is that 
it can be gathered and marketed through a long season 
instead of all having to be harvested and sold at one time. 
The green berries sell readily almost as soon as they are large 
enough to be picked and bring then the best prices of the 
season, but this is equalized by the fact that later on they 
are much larger and a bush will then yield more quarts. By 
all means give them a trial, at least large enough to provide 
a generous supply for the home. 
Green’s business has been done 
from the start on a cash basis, patrons 
sending cash with order. We could 
not have sold superior stock at the 
low prices we offer by any other 
method than this cash method. 
Green's Nursery Co.: Received shipment of nursery 
stock containing 245 gooseberries and 400 raspberries in good 
condition. Although this shipment was on the road two days 
less than one month, it came through without heating and 
will say that whoever packed that shipment surely knew 
his business. Helmuth E. Brendemuhl, Moorhead, Minn., 
May 9, 1917. 
Parcel Post Stock is our smallest size, but good thrifty 
stock. Express and freight are our best or larger grades. 
C. A. Green says that the gooseberry is the largest yielder of all the small fruits. Pie will not say that you can get so many 
bushels per acre as you would of potatoes, but you can get very nearly such a yield. No fruits can be gathered so easily as 
gooseberries. We simply, with gloved hands, strip the gooseberries and the leaves off together. We never bother to pick 
one gooseberry at a time, but rasp them off by double handfuls, one man being able to pick a big load of berries in a day. 
Later, at our convenience, we run the gooseberries through the fanning mill, which blows out any leaves or stems that may 
have accumulated. In place of the fanning mill a stiff breeze will blow out most of the leaves in the gooseberries as hastily 
gathered. 
For Prices on All Gooseberries See First Pages of Catalog 
