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Qreen T/iver Home 7S[ursery, T{obards, Kentucky 
Apples—King of Fruits 
“An apple a day keeps the doctor 
away/’ is a truism hoary with age. 
The man who first uttered it had prob¬ 
ably never heard of mineral salts. He 
certainly knew nothing of vitamins, 
for when men first learned through 
their simple observations of health pro¬ 
moting qualities of the apple, the term 
“vitamin” had not vet been started. 
It was a time long since forgotten be¬ 
fore x-rays or stomach pumps or vac¬ 
cination had yet been invented, when 
corner drug stores, were few and far 
between and doctors could not be 
reached by telephone, that someone ob- 
Yellow Transparent 
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF 
served that those who ate freely of 
apples were singularly free from the 
diseases that beset their fellow men. 
Popular choice places 'the apple at the 
head of the list of all our fruits, about one- 
third of the entire amount of fruit eaten 
being apples. Still the average daily con¬ 
sumption is less than three ounces. Millions 
of people scarcely even touch an apple for 
weeks at a time. Their consumption of 
other fruits is correspondingly low. It is 
plain that the people of this country could 
with benefit, increase their consumption of 
apples six times and their consumption of all 
other fruits three times, and still have a 
capacity for more fruit. 
We are striving hard to grow only the 
best varieties and find ourselves each year 
reducing the number of untried kinds to the 
more dependable standbys. Some recent 
additions of great importance is the Polly 
Eades, illustrated in color. Here is an apple 
out of the experimental stage, a beautiful 
apple, sure bearer and any grower wanting 
a commercial summer variety will make 
money to use it. 
The Turley and Yellow Delicious are de¬ 
pendable new varieties and the Richared is a 
solid red improved Delicious, coloring up two 
weeks earlier than the common variety. 
Our trees will please the most exacting 
customer. 
Early Apples 
Yellow Transparent. Probably the most 
popular of all of the Russian varieties; it is 
a rich, almost yellow, with a faint blush on 
the sun-exposed side; the flesh is melting, 
juicy, sub-acid; good in quality; the tree is 
hardy, very upright, comes into bearing 
young and bears every year. This sort will 
probably blight less than any of the Rus¬ 
sians. August. 
Early Harvest. An old, well-known, pale 
waxy-yellow apple, with an occasional faint 
blush; tender flesh, brisk sub-acid and a 
favorite with many. It is nearly round, some¬ 
what flattened; the tree is healthy and 
strong growing and bears good crops. July. 
Summer Pearmain. Greenish yellow, 
striped red. A late summer apple, ripening 
over a long period. Of high quality. 
Maiden Blush. Large, flat, pale yellow, 
with a red cheek; beautiful, tender and 
pleasant, but not high flavored. An erect 
grower and a good bearer. Valuable for 
market. September and October. 
GROWING ONE-YEAR TREES 
