The Why and the Wherefore 
Dear Patron and Inquirer: 
This little booklet is sent you in place of what may be 
termed “a regular catalog,” but a list of the main good 
hardy fruits, ornamental and shade trees, evergreens, roses, 
etc., will be found in the back pages. Owing to the hun' 
dreds of letters received the past few years, asking for 
“planting and caring for” advice, we have deemed it well 
to try to make this little booklet so interesting and perhaps 
valuable, to tell you briefly how to handle stock when 
received, how to plant, and how to care for, that you 
will consider it worth keeping for reference. Naturally 
in so small a space we cannot go into details very heavy, 
but if there should be other problems, we trust that you 
will write us. The compiler of this little booklet has had 
55 years’ experience in propagating, growing, digging, 
planting and shipping out by freight, express and parcel 
post to every state in the Union, and more or less to for^ 
eign countries, starting with Mr. Chas. A. Green, founder 
of the Green’s Nursery Co., in 1884. One year he picked 
and sent to the New York State Show at Syracuse plates 
made up of 150 varieties of apples, many plates of pears, 
plums, nuts and other fruits, and these all picked from 
trees on the old nursery grounds. For 50 years he was 
Superintendent of the Nursery, and when the Company 
was incorporated, became a major stockholder and an 
officer. About 5 years ago it was decided to dissolve and 
the Name and Good Will of the Company was turned over 
to him on account of long service and heavy investment— 
this the reason why the accrediting name now is The E. H. 
Burson Nursery, Successors to Green’s Nursery Company. 
Yours for service, 
(Signed) E. H. BURSON. 
BELIEVE IT OR NOT—these planting directions, 
suggestions, etc., are taken mainly from the experience 
of over 50 years of the compiler of this little booklet. It 
is expected that some of long and under more variable 
conditions will differ in some points, but I feel sure that 
if these directions and advice are followed, the planter will 
not go far wrong. 
SOME ORCHARDISTS PREFER to plant 1 year trees 
(especially if planting apples). We do not list these but 
can supply a general assortment of the leading varieties 
at attractive prices in ten and more lots of a variety. 
We do not dig and ship out less than ten of a variety in 
one year trees except in the case of parcel post grade. 
For trees and plants by parcel post—special collec' 
tions see back pages and for discounts for early orders 
see pages 10 and 11. 
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