Thousands of Trees 
Under Olseruation 
Years of ceaseless testing and recording goes on before 
“Bud Selection” becomes commercially practical. This en- 
tails intensive study and research of thousands of trees, of 
branches, and even of tiny twigs, for the selection of the 
buds which appear to have the desired performance charac- 
teristics—buds from that tiny living cell which are the source 
of the true and consistent growth and bearing performance 
we are seeking. 
The search goes ever on for every year through hundreds 
of orchards. The Director of Greening Research “carries on.’’ 
It is the duty of our Research Department to select from 
trees, buds for the propagation of “Greening Bud Selected’’ 
fruit trees. When in search, they find a tree, sport, branch 
or limb on which fruit of evident perfection grows, careful 
records start. 
Each tree or branch is given a number, painted on the 
P *y ; Ani trunk. A continuous record is kept for years before propagat- 
This No. 1 Jonathan Apple Tree, Parent for ‘‘Bud-Selected”’ =o y Bors 
1 ken. Thi n is k ale i 
Strain, Produces the Largest Jonathan Apples Known and ee Pee ee = ou Re Cn oe ‘L fe es lee 
Nearly Three Times the Crop of Any Other Tree in the the Greening Ixecor ibrary, a record available for inspec- 
Orchard of Robert Anderson, Covert, Michigan tion in our offices. 
“BUD SELECTION” Segregates, Separates and Stabilizes 
Orchard Production -- Controls Size, Shape, Color and Quality 
Every line of effort in connection with “Greening Bud Greening Registered Pedigreed Fruit Trees bear earlier 
Selection” has been directed toward one all-important and than ordinary fruit trees. 
all-inclusive purpose, and that is, to make scientific ‘‘Bud 
Ser: UNIFORM RIPENING 
Selection’”” commercially profitable to the grower. : ; aio ; 
Every irregularity, in blossoming and ripening complicates 

: BIGGER CROPS spraying, picking and marketing activities. A week or ten 
The most prolific tree in your orchard costs no more in days variation in time can materially affect the stability 
time, care and materials than the poorest mongrel. and profit margin on your crop. 
Greening’s Registered Pedigreed trees produce the maxi- Greening’s Registered Pedigreed Trees are the highest 
mum crop under any given set of soil and climatic conditions. development in uniform and consistent performance. 
They do it regularly and consistently, because that profitable 
fruiting ability is bred into them by scientific ‘‘Bud 
Ss , ard, . i 
at BETTER COLOR The Curb of Virus Diseases 
Color and general appearance is an important factor in 
profitable fruit. Improved color is an important objective 

Fruit tree diseases have long been the bane of the orchard- 


in orchard improvement that “Greening’s Bud Selection” ist. Ingrained in fruit trees, these unhealthy traits can no 
gives to you. more be dealt with than a human physical defect inherited 
EARLIER BEARING from a parent. 
Time is money—in the fruit growing business, more so ‘Greening Bud Selection’ forever closes the door to heredi- 
than in practically any other business you can name. tary tree diseases. Such virus diseases as Apple measles, 
When you plant a mistake, it takes years to find it out. red suture, phony peach, little peach, peach yellow—all are 
Trees that lag in development—that make their growth transmitted through the sap of the parent tree. The only 
slowly—that reach their bearing age late—are expensive | preventive of these devastating and costly diseases is posi- 
trees at any price. tive knowledge that the parent tree is free of disease. 
v~ MORE OF THESE and~___ —LESS OF THESE 
The photo at the right shows 
C : a chimera (pronounced Ki- 
¥ Mé-R&z) which in an Apple is 
a portion that is large and a 
portion that is small—or a por- 
tion which is solid in color and 
a portion striped. 
Chimeras are mixtures—unde- 
sirable mixtures — imperfect 
fruit—less salable—less profit- 
able to the fruit grower. Green- 
ing scientists study chimeras 
as a doctor studies his labor- 
atory findings. Through this 
study we segregate and sepa- 
rate the undesirable qualities 
and characteristics. We elimi- 
nate the undesirable—we sta- 
bilize perfection. We give you 
fruit trees, each variety of 
which produces “‘true to form,” 
thus more profitable fruit, 
At right is a Wealtny and 
Giant Wealthy mixed. At left 
is the perfect, firm, profitable 
; Apple, a solid Red McIntosh 
of clear ‘‘bud selected”’ quality. 
It's a Victory Cry of Accomplishment 

