E.H BURSON NURSERY 
{SUCCESSOR TO GREEN’S NURSERY} 
CLIFTON, N. Y. 
72 Year Old Reputation for Quality and Square Dealing 
HELPFUL HINTS IN GROWING NURSERY STOCK 
After nursery stock has been received, please follow closely all instructions given in the “How To Plant Booklet.” It will save you time 
and trouble and money. ; 
Timely suggestions are given in the care and pruning of all trees shrubs, and plants, as well as spraying and cultivation. 
If you are planning to plant an orchard or just a small garden, all information as to the distance apart trees and shrubs should be set, 
will be found in this helpful little booklet. 
If we can be of further assistance at any time, please feel free to call on us. 
May we take this opportunity to thank our many patrons for their confidence in us during the past 72 years and you may be sure we will strive 
fo warrant your continued confidence during the years to come. We have had the opportunity of serving your parents, your grandparents, yes, 
even your great grandparents, and that is a record of which we are justly proud. If you have been pleased, we shall appreciate very much if you 
will pass the good word to your neighbors. 
There is a definite paper shortage this season and we may be short on catalogs, so after you have carefully looked over your copy, pass it on loa 
neighbor who may not have receiwed one and we are sure he or she will thank you. 
Sincerely yours, 
Forest J. S1IckLEs, Pres. 
E. H. BURSON NURSERY 
Important Ordering Information 
WHEN TO ORDER 
As soon as catalog arrives, kindly send in your entire order with complete 
shipping instructions, and stock will be reserved until wanted. A delay may 
mean disappointment. 
HOW TO ORDER 
Simply make your selection from catalog and write order on the sheet en- 
closed, with prices listed and mail to us in the self-addressed envelope, 
together with your check or money-order. A special booklet on planting will 
GUARANTEE 
We guarantee stock to be first class in every respect and up to size and quality 
as advertised. If you are not pleased with stock on arrival, kindly advise us 
and we will replace items. If any stock should prove untrue to name, we will 
replace upon proper proof or refund purchase price. We cannot assume greater 
responsibility. 
TERMS 
Payment should accompany order. This saves expense of bookkeeping records 
be sent with each order. 
and enables us to sell high grade stock at lower prices. 
Dates after the various varieties indicate approximate ripening time. 


Apples of Our Choice 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
RED ASTRACHAN. Choice of mid-summer cook- 
ing and eating varieties. Fruit large, nearly covered 
with deep crimson, overspread with thick bloom. 
Juicy and rather acid. Aug. 2nd-6th. 
SWEET PARADISE. One of the new sweet apples, 
yellow in color and large in size. A good choice. 
Sept. lst-5th. 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT. A very popular early 
apple. Good for sauce or pies. One of the first to 
ripen. Aug. 3rd-7th. 
AUTUMN VARIETIES 
GRAVENSTEIN. Yellow striped with light and 
dark red. Ideal for pies and sauce. Juicy with ex- 
cellent flavor. Sept. 10th-15th. 
TWENTY OUNCE. Extra large greenish-yellow 
striped red. Mild with fine flavor. Ideal for baking. 
Sept. Ist. 
WINTER VARIETIES 
RED DELICIOUS. Large dark red, crisp, fine 
grained. Juicy and flavor sweet with delightful 
aroma. One of the very best varieties for home or 
market. Noy. Ist-5th. 
BALDWIN. An old time favorite with orchardists. 
Yields large crops and an ideal shipper. Fine for 
eating and cooking. Fruit large, bright red, crisp and 
juicy. Hardy and productive. Noy. Ist-10th. 
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Yellow Delicious 
R. I. GREENING. Unexcelled for cooking and 
dessert. Good keeper and yellowish-green in color. 
Long-lived and vigorous. Noy. Ist-5th. 
McINTOSH. Without question, the best com- 
mercial variety of the northern states and New 
England. A bright red of highest quality with a 
crisp tender juicy flesh with a distinct flavor all its 
own. Oct. Ist-5th. 
RED SPY. A sport of Northern Spy but of a solid 
red color. Unexcelled in its rich crisp tangy flavor. 
Fine commercial variety. Noy. Ist-10th. 
$1.50 each 10 fc: 913.50 
CORTLAND. A sport of the McIntosh, with much 
the same color. Larger and overlaid with purplish 
bloom. One of the finest eating apples grown. Plant 
with McIntosh to cross-pollinate. Oct. 10th-20th. 
TRANSCENDANT CRAB. Yellow striped with red. 
Good for eating and fine for preserving. Best of 
all the crab apples. Vigorous grower. Sept. Ist-15th. 
SPECIAL OFFERING ON 1 Yr. 
APPLE TREES 
Limited Supply 
Price: $1.10 each, 3 for $3.00 
Cortland. Large Winter Apple (Red). 
McIntosh. Medium Winter Apple (Splashed Red). 
Delicious Red. Large Winter Apple (Solid Red). 
Yellow Transparent. Summer Cooking Apple 
(Yellow). 
ECONOMY APPLE COLLECTION 
5 Trees (2 yr., 3-4 ft.) for $6.00 
2 Cortland 1 Yellow Delicious 
1 Red Delicious 1 Yellow Transparent 
DWARF APPLES 
Price: 2 yr., 3-4 ft., $3.50 each 
Only a Very Limited Supply of These Available 
VARIETIES: Cortland, Mcintosh, Red De- 
licious, Yellow Transparent. 
