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By CHARLES E. GREENING

CHAPTER 1.—Treatise on Transplanting,
Soil Preparation, Pruning, &c.

CHAPTER 2.—Treatise on Care and Prun-
ing of the Orchard .......

CHAPTER 3.— Treatise on Marketing Fruit

CHAPTER 4.— Treatise on Beautifying the
Surroundings of the Home. .

CHAPTER 5.—Treatise on Tree Insects
and Diseases, Spraying, &c.

Chas. E. Greening

Published by
The Greening Bros. Nursery Company, Monroe, Mich.

Copyrighted 1904 . AMERIGA’S GREATEST NURSERIES. PRICE 50 CENTS

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GREENING BROS.’ HUMBLE BEGINNING IN 1883.

As poor boys we started our modest beginning in 1883. We lacked money, experience, knowledge
and education. We had an inheritance of honesty, uprightness, energy, alertness, and a willingness
to learn and work, and above all a profound confidence in our ability. We think our achievements
show a wonderful possibility “to win in open competition.”

To Our Patrons and the Public:

We are almost daily besieged with questions relating to Planting, Pruning,
Cultivation, Soil, Spraying, Gathering, Marketing, Planting the Lawn, Trees, Plants,
etc. Inquiries have been constantly increasing from year to year in the progress
of our business until, finally, we are brought face to face with the problem of pre-
paring a work which will cover the questions usually asked. To furnish this in-
formation in a concise and convenient form, the author has prepared with much care
this work, entitled “Greening’s 20th Century Fruit Growers’ and Landscapers’ Guide.”
The information herein contained is gathered from a life-long experience in nursery
work and fruit growing and can be referred to with utmost confidence. In the
preparation of this “Treatise” the writer has been guided largely by his own personal
experience and knowledge, and the information gathered in becoming associated with
prominent horticulturists while giving lectures on topics relating | to horticulture.
It is written in the plainest of language, so that any person of ordinary intelligence
can read and thoroughly understand it. We believe that no apology is due for the use
of so many pictures, which are not only very beautiful, but which also furnish ma-
terial for study to any one interested in horticulture.

FOR THE OVERWORKED BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MAN, for
people living in crowded cities, and for all who need nature’s remedies to build up
a broken-down constitution, nothing offers more real health-giving enjoyment, recre-
ation and fun than a country home, lined and dotted with beautiful trees and
shrubbery; an orchard or a garden of choice fruits—the food of God’s own giving—
the free use of ripe, fresh fruits; a stroll out in the open air among the trees,
where nature’s alteratives and sedatives are abundantly supplied. To those, this
book will be a welcome guest in its handy and condensed form.

FOR FRUIT GROWERS AND FARMERS this book will lead the way to
success in fruit growing, and spare them much worry when in need of advice. It
will save them many costly experiments, and will help to increase their profits. The
latest methods and practical ideas are brought out; many practical and useful hints

og ect boiled down to occupy the ‘least possible space, for busy people to
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The Greening Bros. Nursery Co., Monroe, Mich.

NURSERYMEN. PRUIT GEOWEES ;HORTICULTURISTS, PUBLISHERS.

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A MODEL ORCHARD OF GREENING’S TREES.
Mr. Henry Flater, of Findlay, Ohio, is the proud possessor of the orchard above shown. It was

planted in 1898, and consists of rows of

apple trees with peaches planted in between. Attention is

called to the almost perfect form of the trees, a result of pruning from the beginning under our system
explained in our “Treatise on Orcharding.’’ All of the trees in the orchard are from our nursery.
Notice the splendid system of pruning and heading-in for a well-balanced crown and substantial frame-
work of the branches to carry a heavy crop of fruit.

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Fruit Growers’ and Landscapers’ Guide 3

By CHARLES E. GREENI

Twentieth Century

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Up Chapter REATISE ON TRANSPLANTING, a

Preparation of Soil
Before Planting

Ie One SOIL PREPARATION, PRUNING, &c )

In the preparation of soil for an orchard, let
us first give attention to improving the condition
of the soil. In the first place, let it be put down
as a settled fact that stable manure is the only all-
round and most perfect fertilizer that can be
found. It should be applied freely and turned

under before planting. A green crop turned under, such as peas, corn, buckwheat,

cow-peas or clover, will be found

of inestimable benefit. Soils rich in plant food,

such as new land, old meadows or pasture lands, require little if any manure at

planting time; such lands should,

if possible, be planted to hoed crops the year

before. The orchard being planted for a lifetime, care in preparing the soil and
selecting land adapted for the purpose should not be overlooked. Work the land
deep and thoroughly before planting. If in a yard where a plow cannot be used,
have the ground spaded deep for several feet around, and mix in with the soil some
thoroughly rotted manure. Drainage on wet soils is necessary; orchard trees will

not thrive on wet lands.

Selecting a Site
BZfor an Orchard &
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and makes the soil loose, fertile a

In the matter of selecting a site for one or
more kinds of fruit, the question of soil and loca-
tion is of prime importance. An elevated location
having good surface and air drainage is in most
instances preferable to level lands. Underdrain-
age on level lands is necessary for good results,
nd warm. It is a mistake to plant fruit on low,

wet lands. Apples, peaches, plums, quinces and cherries succeed best on a gravelly

or light soil, while pears and grape

s will do best on heavy soil.

Fruit (is nature’s medicine—It will cure all ills except laziness.

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GREENING’S SILVER MAPLE AVENUE.

In our untiring ambition and passionate desire to improve and beautify our surroundings, we have
not overlooked the public highway, and have paid out thousands of dollars for the improvement
of the roads leading from the nursery to the city. About one mile of macadamized road, consisting of
eighteen inches thickness of crushed stone, is largely the creation of our purse and enterprise. This
avenue shown in the picture is the pride of the nursery. We do not know of a tree better adapted
tor roadside planting than the Silver Maple, if headed in occasionally while young.

The selection of varieties is very important.
Mistakes in selecting varieties have been made
by the best and most experienced fruit growers.
It is well to observe and profit by the experience
of others. With most varieties it is purely a
question of locality and soil. Experience in many
things is the best teacher. We must make use of the experience of others, who
have gone over the road and paid the bills for such experience. In planting an or-
chard for market, it is well to consult for advice those who have experience and
knowledge, observing carefully the success and failure of varieties fruiting in your
vicinity. It is also well to consult a reliable nurseryman, and in this connection we
cheerfully offer our services. Our extensive Experimental Orchards, our wide range
of experience and knowledge in growing fruit for market, enable us to give good
advice to planters. We will answer all questions in this respect honestly and fairly.
Planters may consult us with the utmost confidence.

AT ee The best trees to plant, irrespective of cli-
f The Best Trees spas and location, ae such a5: are eTown in 4
cool and temperate climate. e great State o
| za to Plant za | Michigan is Hoe far and wide for ‘its cool, mod-
erate and healthy summer climate, making it the
most popular health resort of the Northern
States; also for its great fruit growing industry. Being surrounded on three sides
by the waters of the great lakes. it has the most favorable climatic conditions for
the growing of hardy and healthy nursery stock. Trees grown in this climate are
hardier and better adapted for transplanting than those grown in milder climates,
and will make lasting and profitable orchards.

Varieties
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It is sharper than a serpent’s tooth to have a thankless child,

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A CHARMING SCENE.

This photograph presents a scene of beauty such as is seldom seen. A section of our parks, show-
ing fine Norway Spruce and Arbor Vite hedges, graceful and well kept driveways, Norway maples,
groups of hardy flowering shrubbery, ete. ‘These improvements will appeal to every owner of a home,

| Distances for Planting |

ENP PLES Way ike oie Secs 30 to 35 feet apart. Gra pesiasenesva scare 8 feet apart.
Pears, Standard...16 to 20 feet apart. Gooseberries ......4 to 6 feet apart.
Pears Diwart.auer 12 to 16 feet apart. (Cioberrenaniees ee 4 to 6 feet apart.
Cherries#24 Ys) ¢2.16 to 20' feet ‘apart: Raspberries, Red....2 x 7 feet apart.
una SeRcene mee 16 to 20 feet apart. Raspberries, Black..3 x 7 feet apart.
Peaches... aii 2 aaa 16 to 20 feet apart. Blackberries .. . 3 x 7 feet apart.
Ouircest. eee 12 to 16 feet apart. Strawberries ........1 x 4 feet apart.
Apricots .. ......16 to 20 feet apart.
| Number of Trees and Plants to an Acre |

Atinqareet apart each: way... 5e 2723 | At 16 feet apart each way........ 170
Nt? Steet apariteach, ways ine. s 1742 At 18 feet apart each way........ 134
At 6 feet apart each way........ 1210 | At 20 feet apart each way........ 109
At Steet apartteachiiwway see. oss 681 At 25 feet apart each way........ 70
ENE WOME ahowhns evel yieliea pos ose 435 | At 30 feet apart each way........ 50
Ati? fectiapart eachiway yee... 302 | At 33 feet apart each way........ 40
O—— —————————. Immediately after receiving your trees or

% Care 4 wrap or cover to prevent drying out. Bring them

home at once and heel in without delay. Cover
all the roots good and deep and moisten the soil
if necessary. Strawberries, raspberries and black-
berries should be kept in cellar well dampened until ready to plant. Do not permit
the stock to become injured by exposure at any time before planting.

e The roots of trees, grapevines, gooseberries
[ from the under side, leaving roots from six to
ten inches in length. With most of our orna-

and currants should be carefully pruned before

| planting. Use a sharp knife and remove all the

mental trees, and especially evergreens, as little root area should be cut away as
peice plcaue

| plants from the nursery, moisten thoroughly and

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| Before Planting
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¥% Root Pruning 4%
Before Planting

| broken and bruised roots. Cut back all roots

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GREENING’S FORMAL HORTICULTURAL GARDENS.

These gardens represent a perfect dream of beauty and elegance. They are the admiration of the
most fastidious visitor, the ideal of the beautiful in tree, lawn, shrub, hedge, etc. The artistic arrange-
ment ot grounds and buildings, beautiful parks, handsome avenues, fine driveways and walks, our
excellent system of waterworks, and numerous other things to be seen at the nursery, give an impressive
example of what human energy and American spirit may accomplish in the course of a few years.
hese gardens mark the place where only a few years ago was a wet ravine with rail fences, burdocks,
and a wild undergrowth of brush. It required thousands of loads of good soil and much thought and
expense to resurrect it from a wilderness to its present condition.

The work of pruning the tops of trees may
be done either before or after planting. If done
after planting, care should be exercised not to
loosen the trees in the ground. We advise top
pruning of grapes and small fruits after planting.

Pruning Apple, Pear, Plum and Cherry.
Prune off all branches except the upper three or four; these cut back to spurs about
six inches in length. Good judgment is necessary in selecting branches for the
crown, such as will form an evenly balanced head.

Pruning Peach Trees. Cut back the entire top to three feet from the ground
after being planted; prune off all branches, leaving four or five spurs of about two
inches at the top. In other words, trim to a straight whip with a few spurs at
the top, two inches long. Peach trees of smaller grades should be headed six

inches lower.
The Planting
Square

Crown Pruning at
i Planting Time
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A wooden square is made out of
fence boards eight feet long,
dressed and perfectly straight, and
these are nailed so as to form a
true triangle. No matter what the
shape of the field is, always begin
staking out on a true square, and
for this purpose the planting
square will be of excellent service.
By sighting across the field over
the stakes on the planting square,
a perfect square of the orchard is
obtained. :

The classical garden is governed by special laws of harmony and rhythm.

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GROUP OF NORWAY MAPLES—(Greening’s Park.)

’ Among the beauties of our grounds are a cluster of, Norway Maples, planted near the residence
of C. E. Greening, for shade. A charming place under these trees of perfect form and elegance,
where through its leaves you may scan nature’s canopy in rapt tranquility.

aE ee After the field has been squared up and

Staking Out the stakes placed at each corner of the field, stretch

x Orchard x a rope or strong wire from stake to stake around

rcnar rd} the outside, staking the distances the trees are to

be planted along the wire, and proceed in this

way until you get around the field. The wire line

is the most practical, as it will not stretch. The most practical way of using the

wire line is to have a rim soldered at such distances apart as it is desired to plant,
all along the wire, and in staking out, drive a stake exactly at each rim.

LA Gesa aS Dig a trench fifteen to eighteen inches deep,
Heeling In Before loosen the lower band of a bundle, wet the trees
Planting thoroughly, place them into the trench and cover
carefully, pressing the ground down with the foot.
Trees which are received in the fall for spring
planting, should be heeled in during the winter
eighteen inches deep, placing the trees at an angle of forty- five degrees, opening up
the bundles and being careful to fill the soil well in among the roots. The
trees thus heeled in should be well banked up over winter and planted out early in
the spring. For heeling in over winter select a place where water will not stand,
away from buildings and meadows, out in the open field, where mice will not injure
them. Heeling in over winter applies to tender trees and plants, especially peach
trees. At least two-thirds of the bodies should be covered. Cover trees after heeling
in, with evergreen boughs if obtainable. Some fruit growers prefer fall ship-
ment, and heeling in over winter; the advantage claimed is in having the stock for
very early spring planting. We recommend spring delivery and planting, because
Wwe can guarantee to bring the trees to the planter as early in spring as it is
advisable to plant.

An orchard without Banana apples is like a Yankee dinner without pie—incomplete.

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A BLOCK OF BANNER PEACH TREES.

Here we show a block of peach trees, representing five months’ growth from bud, of salable
size, all pruned up ready to be dug with the steam digger. In this climate peach trees make a strong,
hardy, healthy growth, and ripen up their wood early in the fall. Insects and fungous diseases on
peach trees are things unknown in this locality. ‘The most scrupulous*attention is given the varieties
so as to have them pure and true to name. A new method of pruning has a tendency to make the
body smooth and symmetrical; all have straight leaders and in this respect are above comparison with
Eastern or Southern grown peach trees, which are frequently very forked, crooked and knotty. ‘The
trees shown are of the Banner variety, a peach ripening after Late Crawford, and which has very
Superior qualities over other late ripening varieties. See colored illustration and description.

oY This is a board six inches wide and about five
The Planting Board || ‘feet long, notched as shown on the picture. The
purpose of the planting board is to prevent the
orchard from being planted out of square.
In digging the hole place the board at the middle
notch against the stake, and drive small stakes in
end notches as shown in Fig. 1. Next remove
board and dig the hole, leaving end stakes in
place, Fig. 2. After the hole is completed replace
the board in two end stakes, placing the stake in
position as shown in Fig, 3. The idea in using
this device is to get the stake exactly in the place
where it stood before digging.the hole. In plant
ing, set trees close against the stake, and always
on the same side of the stake throughout the
field, and your orchard will be perfectly straight
in every direction.

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“pth 4 (Om orRLmae After the soil is. well prepared, a hole should
G yu Y Wi, be dug large enough to admit the roots in their
Yy ilk | Up natural position, say two feet square and twenty
Wy We aL Yy inches deep. The earth to fill in and about the
Ly Yd roots should be well pulverized; then fill the hole
Yy with loose earth so as to bring the tree about an

inch lower than it stood in the nursery; place the tree in position, fill in fine mellow
soil between and around the roots with the hand, arranging all the roots in their

A hedge as a boundary for a garden is very appropriate.

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BLOCK OF WHOLE-ROOT TWO-YEAR-OLD CHERRY TREES.

Constantly having in mind the growing of the best that the judicious expenditure of time and
money can bring forth, we have given some attention to the study of fruit tree seedlings used in our
business for propagating. As a result of our experiment, we have selected from among the various
species of cherry seediings the ‘‘Mahaleb,” noted for its hardiness, vigor of growth and strong fruiting
power. In the illustration above will be noticed a strong, thrifty ¢ growth, such as is rarely seen in a
nursery. Whole-root Mahaleb seedlings of strong caliber were used in this block. he soil is a heavy
black loam, underlaid with a porous clay subsoil, very rich, thoroughly underdrained, and eminently
adapted for growing trees. This is supplemented by a perfect system of spraying for the prevention
of any possible fungus and the destruction of insects. Can there be any doubt as to our ability to
aw good trees ieee sah ChecHbistapees

natural ees and packing the oH Cee Aotid them. Fill to the top and press
down the earth around the tree with the foot; throw a bucket of water around each
tree to settle the ground, and scatter a little soil on top to prevent baking. Spring
Planting—Level the soil around the tree after spring planting. Fall Planting—Bank
up against the tree after fall planting, and remove to a level in spring. Mulching,
with a covering of straw manure or leaf mould after planting, is highly beneficial
and will often save the tree in dry seasons. Dwarf Pear should be planted four or
five inches deeper than they stood in the nursery.

SS SSS Plant 8x8 feet apart for trellis and 6x8 feet
for stake culture. Dig holes same as for trees.
Place the vine in the hole so that the first
bud next’to the stem will come on a level with
the surface; spread the lower layer of roots in

a Sa their natural position, fill in the earth and press
down the soil firmly with the foot; then spread the second layer of roots, fill in the
balance of the hole and press gently with foot. After planting trim the vine back
to two buds. A strong stake four feet long should be driven in at each vine to
support the canes the first two years.

Planting
¥% Grape Vines ¥
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———T The soil should be mellow ae Bi Pe
3 Red Raspberries 2x7 feet apart; Black Raspber-
Planting ries, Blackberries, pe 3x7 feet apart.
é Conrath and Columbian Raspberries, on account
2S Small Fruits ¥ of their vigor of growth, should be planted
SS SSS SS 4x8 feet apart; Currants and Gooseberries, 4x6
feet apart; Strawberries for field culture, 1x4 feet, and for garden, 2 feet apart. Plant
small fruits about one inch deeper than they stood in the nursery, except strawber-
ries, which should be planted so as to leave the crown even with the surface—too
deep planting will smother the plant. Spread the roots, in planting small fruits, as
much as possible, and press the earth over the roots firmly with the hand. If planted
in the fall, cover with coarse straw manure to prevent the plants from being heaved
out during the winter. After planting, cut back the tops to four to five inches from
the ground.

The pleasures of gardening are infinite and varied.

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THE STABLES.

These buildings embody every convenience of a first-class stable. There are separate apartments
for carriages, automobiles, harnesses, etc. A well bred stock of horses is kept. Gas and water is
supplied by our own plant. Conspicuous in the picture is the attractive front. Fine beds of hardy
flowering shrubbery are pianted up against the buildings, which gives a very fine effect during the sum-
mer months. The main entrance: to the nursery grounds is shown herewith, laterals leading off in

different directions. All of our driveways and roadbeds are constructed of crushed stone and covered
With stone screenings.

oe Plant same as fruit trees, except that larger
. holes should be dug to accommodate the roots,
Planting The ground should be pressed down firmly over
Ornamenial Trees the roots with the foot. Two-thirds of the tops
’ g should be cut off on all ornamental trees, except
Cut-leaved Birch and Horse Chestnuts, which
should not be headed in. Care should be taken to prune the tops so that the trees
will make a well balanced and uniform top. The forming of the crown is regulated
entirely by the pruning. On some kinds of trees it may be necessary to tie. the tree
to a strong stake to hold it firmly in its place. Wrap the trunks of Maples with
building paper, four or five feet from the ground up, to keep out borers. Irrigate in
dry seasons.

————— Soak the ground thoroughly after planting,
x Evergreens 2% \| and apply a thick covering of straw manure over
YC the. surtace, around: the tree, to: retaim moistuce

in the soil. Shade the trees with cloth, burlap or paper to prevent the hot sun from
striking the tree, for the first two or three weeks, or until the tree starts to grow.

Make the soil rich by applying well rotted

3 ® barnyard manure, which should be worked in with

Planting and ee aay Trim ae ay ends of ROO

3 shrubbery two inches an roses three inches
Pruning Shrubbery deeper than they stood in the nursery, pressing
and Roses the ground firmly over the roots. Cut back tops

on roses, leaving four inches above ground. On

shrubbery trim up lower branches so as to form a

well balanced head, and cut back one-half of top. All sprouts growing out of the
ground on roses should be removed as soon as discovered, and should be cut close to

Create beauty by skillful training of plants and vines.

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LARGEST SHIPMENT OF TREES ON RECORD.

The largest shipment of fruit trees ever made in the world was made by us on April 2nd, 1903.
The shipment consisted of thirty-two furniture cars filled to the top with Greening’s trees, all. packed
in bulk, each order being separated with rope partitions. The entire train load, consisting of about
263,000 fruit trees, largely peaches and apples, went to points along the fruit belt of Michigan. This
picture was taken while the train was pulling out of our siding leading from the M. C. R. R. track to
our packing cellars, a distance of over one-half mile. Thus we demonstrate the magnitude of our facil-

ities in the handling and shipping of trees.

Le

-the stalk so as to prevent further sprouting. This is very important, as the wild
sprouts if allowed to grow up will smother the grafted part. Cover roses during
the winter with leaves or straw. Cut back hardy Hydrangeas severely each year;
other shrubbery trim out the old wood and head in to suit your taste each year. For
best results trim several times+during the growing season to obtain compactness
and shape desired.

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Two #& PRUNING OF THE ORCHARD 7)

Oa Cultivation. Cultivate your orchards at given
|| ¥Practical Hints2% | times, just the same. as you do your corn, potato
SS or root crops. Cultivate to force the tree as hard
as possible the first three years. After the third year avoid cultivating deep. Plow
shallow in an orchard; not over four or five inches deep, for if you turn up many
roots it means injury. Keep free from weeds and farm stock.

‘Crops to Grow in an Orchard; What and When. Hoed farm crops, such as corn,
beans, potatoes, tobacco, etc., may be grown the first two years, in a peach orchard;
the first three years in a plum and cherry orchard; the first three or four years in a
pear and quince orchard, and the first five or six years in an apple orchard. Orchards
should not be seeded to grass. Cropping orchard land exhausts the plant food in
the soil. Exceptions should be made to the above where the soil is in poor physical
condition, when it should be improved by keeping out all farm crops and applying
manure to enrich the soil. Keep out all farm crops from bearing orchards.

_Winter Cover Crop. Sow oats during August and plow under the following
spring.

Implements. A disc or spring-tooth harrow seems to be about the best all-
round implement to use during the growing season, especially on light soil, Dur-
ing the dry season use a tooth harrow, and go over the ground as often as once a
week to prevent evaporation of moisture in soil. A man with a harrow and team
can go over a large space in a day, and keep down the weeds in a large orchard

The love of plants and flowers opens the heart to sympathies and warm impulses.

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A STUDY IN THE SCIENCE OF THE BEAUTIFUL.

These pictures represent one of the loveliest aspects of our home grounds. Imagine a space over
one thousand feet in length artistically arranged with walks and driveways, rare plants and trees.
Fig. 1 shows a banking of mixed shrubbery planted up against our office building, also a corner of
an evergreen hedge just visible. Fig. 2 shows a charming avenue of Norway maples along each side
of the driveway leading from the residence to the stables. Fig 3 shows a gracful curve in a driveway
lined with an evergreen hedge on one side and Norway maples on the other. Fig. 4 shows a banking

of lilacs planted up against one of our buildings, also a junction of macadam driveways branching out
in several directions.

at a small expense if worked at the right time. In heavy soils, shallow plowing in
the fall is very essential. Harrow and work crosswise and lengthwise. Use a hoe
around the trees._

Manuring. In bearing orchards liberal manuring is advised. Barnyard
manure stands in the lead as an all-round fertilizer. For peaches, cherries,
and plums a fertilizer rich in potash and phosphoric acid is best. Ashes in sandy
soils, or on lands deficient in potash, are of greatest value. They should be spread.
broadcast over the surface and harrowed in. The value of ashes as a fertilizer for
fruit crops is not being sufficiently appreciated; they are highly recommended by
such authorities as Professor Bailey, and we notice that all fruit growers using
them usually grow the finest fruit. Every bushel of ashes should be saved and kept
in a dry place for future use. Plowing under green crops, leguminous plants such as
crimson clover, cow-peas or field-peas, are excellent for recuperating bearing or-
chards. Sow crimson clover during August, work in with harrow, and turn under
the crop the following season when in bloom. Sow cow-peas about June Ist and
turn under in fall. Sow field-peas May Ist and turn under when ripe, allowing the
seeds to grow a second crop to be turned under in fall, before frost.

The Famous California Tree Wash. Slake eight pounds of fresh lime with hot
water, and thin with water so that it can be stirred nicely; add two pounds of sul-
phur, mixing thoroughly; take five ounces of sulphuric acid and dilute it with two-
thirds water; mix the whole so as to make a thick heavy whitewash Apply to the
body and large branches with a brush. We would urge the use of this wash in
orchards, as it is the most wonderful application ever discovered for producing
smooth and healthy bodies.

Greening’s Nursery is the nest in which the hen of success lays the egg of fortune..

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DELIVERING A CARLOAD OF GREENING’S TREES.

We present herewith cuts showing a scene at delivery time of a carload of Greening’s trees being
delivered in the fruit belt. Fig. 1 shows how the orders are taken out of the car to be placed on the
wagons of customers that are waiting to be loaded. Fig. 2 shows the wagons loaded with Greening’s
trees ready to start for home. Fig. 3. Here the customers have congregated to have their picture
taken; their faces are beaming with smiles and they have expressed their sentiments regarding our
trees by writing on the sign-board, “Greening’s are O. K.” The glory in doing business is to have satis-
fied customers and here it is that we never fail.

Keep Out the Borers. Fruit trees, especially peaches, are apt to be troubled
with borers. The best remedy which has come to our notice is to mound up the
earth in the fall, leaving it until the following spring, then remove the mound and
dig out the borer with a knife,

Spray your orchards when there is danger of their being injured by insects or
fungous diseases. (See Treatise on Spraying.)

Read the North American Horticulturist published by us, and issued monthly;
the most complete horticultural adviser in circulation. It is a journal on Fruit
Growing and contains timely hints that are valuable. Send fifty cents for a year’s
subscription.

For Healing Bruised Trees. Take clay soil three parts and one part of fresh
cow dung, mix thoroughly to a paste; then carve the edges of the wound with a
sharp knife, so as to leave a smooth edge all around the wound. Apply the mixture
about one inch thick over the wound, then bandage with cloth torn into strips.

Thinning. An important operation with a good fruit crop is to thin it. It
must be done at the right time, to insure best results. It should be done on peaches
and plums before the seed formation has progressed very far. Thinning increases
the size of the fruit remaining, and increases the profits every time it is done right.

To Make Trees Bear. To promote fruitfulness on trees which have attained
bearing size and which show no inclination of beginning to bear, the following
method will be found effectual and safe: Take a sharp knife and make three circles
two feet from the ground around the trunk of the tree, about four inches apart,
cutting through the bark. The interruption caused in the flow of the sap will
check the growth of the wood and produce the formation of fruit buds for the next
season. This should be done early in July.

We should look upon plants as our garden friends.

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SHRUBBERY FOR LAWN IMPROVEMENT.

The most modern idea of using shrubbery for decorating is herewith presented. Attention is di-
rected to our “Treatise on beautifying the surroundings of a home” in this book. Many useful sug-
gestions may be found in this treatise on how to improve the front yard. Fig. 1 shows the effect of
mass groupings of Spirea Van Houtii, Globe Flower, and Barberry Thunbergii. Fig. 2 shows a row
of Weeping Locust trees, also masses of mixed shrubbery, a row of Norway maples, and an open
grassy place as long as two city blocks. Fig. 3 shows a mass grouping of Spirea Van Houtii in full

plete planted up against the house, with a broad expanse of open lawn facing the street in front of our
office.

When to Prune Orchards. From careful observation, and many years of actual
experience, we recommend pruning orchards during March. If there is so much to
be done that more time is required, begin middle of February.

Pruning Tools, How to Use. Provide yourself with a good pruning saw, a
strong, sharp pruning knife, a large and a small pruning shear, and a suitable ladder.
In pruning make your cut so as to leave a small shoulder below, inclining the cut
inwards so as to come out even above. Many orchards are ruined by cutting the
branches too close to the body, making a large and ugly wound which seldom heals
over. When large branches are cut off, cover the wound with white lead paint to
prevent cracking.

Prune every year. Aim to develop and
Maintain a uniform, well-balanced head. Avoid
cutting off large limbs if possible. Prune during
March. Note the habit of the tree; if spreading
in growth confine your pruning more to the side
and top branches; if pyramidal in growth; thin
the center and head in the top to cause spreading of the branches, so that the sun
and air will have free access. Sun makes color; the richer the color and larger the
size, the greater your profits. Don’t prune too severely, but at the same time
don’t be afraid to take off where too much crowded. After a tree is planted the
head should be trained in the right direction, and balanced so as to be able to carry
a heavy weight of fruit without bending to the ground or breaking. We wish to
impress the reader with the importance of moderately heading in the young apple
orchard each year and the cutting out of all suckers and shoots which might inter-

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The Apple Orchard

Responsibility educates the boy. Start him with a fruit plantation.

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A BEAUTIFUL PANORAMA.

Nursery work has suggested itself to us long ago as a science and an art. The study of the beau-
tiful in nature furnishes a wide field for science and practice to engage every power of the mind.
Figs. 1 and 2 show sections of Greening’s east park that simply speak for themselves. Fig. 3 illustrates
some fine lawn improvements along the highway. Fig. 4 shows a graceful curve in Greening’s avenue
of Silver Maples.

fere with free circulation of air. It pays to thin the fruit. Fertilize to keep up the
vitality and bearing power of the tree. A crop of crimson clover, field-peas or cow-
peas plowed under occasionally is of great benefit to the bearing orchard. Apply
ashes whenever they can be obtained. Spray for sound and large fruit. (See Spray-
ing.) It pays to plant good varieties.

To produce the ideal tree, pruning the first

ea) na vets is eS most essential point. A rule

which should be remembered is to prune trees
The Pear Orchard i so far as possible, with a pruning knife or shear.
se The idea is to form the framework of the tree
while young, or before it begins to bear. The
first three years cut back all the leading top shoots a third or a half of the preceding
year’s growth. Straggly growers like Clapp’s, Vicar, Nellis, etc., should be pruned
from below so as to keep the branches off the ground when fruiting; at the same
time the tops should be shortened in. With varieties such as C. de Nantes, Kieffer,
and others of erect growth, the pruning should be confined to heading in and thin-
ning the top. Thinning is strongly advised. Cultivate constantly, and fertilize
thoroughly. Remove all the black and scaly bark on the trunk, and large branches,
with a sharp knife. Cut out the black surface bark on the trunk and large branches
down to the fresh under-bark; don’t neglect this, as it will eventually kill the tree if
left on. For market plant the C. de Nantes pear which ripens late and brings big
prices. Dwarf Pears. Head in and prune same as Standard Pears; fertilize with
stable manure. Apply the California tree wash every spring.

Let us encourage the work of civic improvement societies.

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EVOLUTION IN PARK PLANTING.

Feed the bearing plum orchard heavily with

(a a eee aoe ang manure. oe up ie Elo and

vitality by constant and thorough cultivation.

| The Plum Orchard || The plum is very likely to overbear, and it will

ee pay to thin. Shortening in the tops, especially on

young, fast growing trees, should not be over-

looked each year. Japan varieties require more heading in than European: sorts,

usually from one-quarter to one-third of the previous year’s growth. Spray for in-

sects (see chapter on spraying). Cut out black knot and burn the affected parts as

-soon as discovered. We recommend the Japan varieties for profit, they are less sub-

ject to disease and insects. Our leaders are Wickson, the latest and largest of all
Japan varieties, Burbank and Abundance.

Use ashes and stable manure for fertilizer,

ee eT, oye broadcast over the ground around the
tree void banking up ashes against the body
i | PheCherry Orchard] of the tree, as it may injure the bark and kill the
ee tree. Remove suckers from trunks; head in some
each year while the trees are young, and thin the
tops moderately. Cherries will thrive in places where other trees would fail, and
will bear fine crops under conditions very unfavorable to all other kinds of ‘fruit.
They respond, however, to good cultivation and are profitable to a degree, if cared
for and sprayed. Watch the “slug which eats the lining off the leaves. Apply slacked
lime or dry ashes to destroy slugs. We are introducing the Brusseler Braune
Cherry, originated in Poland, which we predict will occupy front rank among profit-
able and fine cherries. It ripens two weeks later than other sorts now in cultivation,
is of Morello type, very hardy, fruit large, of brownish red, thick meat, small :pit.
For a commercial peach orchard, climate,
location, and especially the elevation should be

carefully considered. Low lands will seldom
(The Peach Orchard } produce good marketable fruit. High elevation
ee

with good air and water drainage have always
shown the best paying results. While we would

not advise planting on very heavy clay soil, yet we find that peaches can be grown
; successfully on almost any kind of soil that will produce a good farm crop. Most
varieties of peaches prefer a light soil, while a few varieties seem to succeed best on
a heavy soil, hence it is well for those planting on a large scale to make a careful
study of these conditions. We recommend thorough cultivation of the orchard dur-
ing the entire growing season up to about September 15th. Cultivate and fertilize
to get a good healthy growth of wood and a well matured development of fruit
buds during the growing season. Losses and failures often occur simply on account
of stopping the cultivation too early in the season, causing the fruit buds to mature
early in the season, and when later on there are warm rains and high temperature,
as is frequently the case during October, the fruit buds will swell only to be killed
by the first heavy frost. We do not recommend summer pruning except to Temove

Nature’s prescription: n: “Fruit, “flowers and sunshine.”

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SOME OF OUR SURROUNDINGS.

the suckers from trunk and large branches. The proper time for pruning is the
latter part of February and during the month of March. The matter of pruning is
of prime importance in a peach orchard. Your profits largely depend upon it. Some
varieties require a different method of pruning from others. Every grower should
aim to study the habit and peculiarity of varieties and prune accordingly to obtain
the best results. Our method of pruning a peach orchard herein presented is taken
from our own experience as fruit growers, and the knowledge obtained through the
courtesies of the most successful peach growers of this state, and may well be re-
garded as strictly up-to-date. A peculiarity of the top is that it makes a greater
growth, under favorable conditions than the root can maintain in full vigor, espe-
cially during its first fruiting years. Peaches naturally grow an open head, but in
most cases it is necessary to thin for an open top, so that sunshine may reach the
fruit, and produce color and quality. The first year after planting be careful to form
your head in the right proportion and shape. Prune to secure a body 24 inches to
the first limb on bearing trees. Prune to four or five main branches after the first
year and these head in about one-third of past season’s growth. The second and
third year head in about one-third and remove the small growth one or two feet
up on the large limbs. Aim to build up a strong framework, such as will carry a
heavy crop of fruit. Remove suckers. Prune to umbrella shape, open in the cen-
ter. Follow up the heading-in method right along, at first to build up a good tree,
and afterwards for the purpose of thinning the fruit, which in most all cases is set
much too heavy. Thinning by hand before there is too much growth of seed is ab-
solutely necessary where large and fine fruit is desired. Thin so as to keep the
fruit three to six inches apart. Apply ashes for fertilizer in liberal quantities, where
the soil is deficient in potash, especially on sandy soil. For market select varieties
of good size, fine color, high quality, and above all, hardy sorts and good shippers;
varieties like “Banner, ” and “New Prolific,’ which will always command the
markets, no matter how plentiful fruit may be. It will pay the reader to study into
the high qualities and market value of these varieties and to read the indorsements
of growers and authorities. See illustrations and descriptions.
Prune in tree form, Remove suckers and
dead branches. Trim in symmetrical form; thin
The | out branches moderately in center when too

Ganice Orchard crowded. Fertilize with rich stable manure; cul-
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tivate often; thin out when bearing too freely.
Select a sandy or loamy soil.

For a vineyard select a good, healthy, warm
soil, a crates, and a pocstule, an elevated lo-
5 cation; if sloping towards the south, so much the
¥% The Vineyard za better. Run the rows north and south. Plant

eight feet apart each way. Plow deep, or subsoil

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the ground before planting. Keep the soil well

worked and use barnyard manure and ashes as fertilizer. Remove all sprouts com-

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BLOCK OF ONE-YEAR-OLD STANDARD PEAR.

This block represents the finest growth we have ever produced in our nurseries. It is the ideal
block of what goes to make up the best achievements in the production of the pear tree. A strong,
healthy and vigorous growth; some of the trees, as will be seen, towering far above a man’s head. ‘This
is a result of one season’s growth on soil prepared under new and scientific methods. A triumph
indeed over the old way of growing trees.

ing out of the ground on bearing vines. Train your vines on wire frellises. Tie up
the vines at least three times. during the season. Heading in the overhanging
branches on bearing vines to ripen the wood and fruit should be done about August
15th. Place the posts for wire trellises 24 feet apart. Brace the end post securely.
Fasten the wire with staples driven three-fourths the way in. Posts should be at
least 8 feet long and set 2% feet into the ground. Fasten the first wire 24 inches, the
second’44 and the third 64 inches from the ground. Use No. I1 iron wire. Plow
shallow up to the vines in the fall and away from them in the spring, and cultivate

thoroughly during the summer. FIRST SEASON AFTER PLANTING
f : Cut back all young wood except two buds, al-
| Pruning

lowing one of these to grow up.
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SECOND SEASON. If the cane has made
a growth of 4 feet or over the first season, cut
down to within 2 feet of the ground, allowing no
more than four or five of the upper buds to grow; all lower ones should be rubbed
off during May. In case the vine has made but a feeble growth, it should be cut
down again to two buds and treated same as the first season.

Home is your heaven on earth; beautify it with trees and shrubs.

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OUR GROUP OF CHAMPION BUDDERS.

An aggregation of skilled workmen in the art of budding trees. A small army of active people
selected from the most reliable, skilled and intelligent help at the nursery. With this force we are able
to bud about 48,000 trees per day. The budding season usually opens about July 5th and closes the
latter part of September. One would hardly believe it possible for one man to insert 5,215 buds in
ten hours’ work, yet this remarkable feat was accomplished last season by one of our budders, with a
growing record which proved to be about 90 per ceént., thus breaking all previous records. Twenty
years ago 1,000 buds per day was considered a big day’s work for an experienced budder; to-day our
budders average about 3,000 trees per day. Pray, have we kept pace with the progressive movement
of the world? Have we improved our conditions?

THIRD SEASON. If the vine has made a strong and healthy growth the two
previous years, two or three of the strongest canes should be left to produce fruit.
These canes should be left about 2 feet long, starting at the first wire or a little be-
low. In case the growth from the previous year is light, leave only two canes near
the first wire about 12 inches long, all other suckers to be cut off.

After the third year good judgment should be used not to overtax the vine.
Usually from 8 to 10 feet of young bearing wood evenly proportioned throughout
the vine, either as canes or spurs, is about the right quantity of bearing wood to be
left on a good healthy vine. One or two spurs three buds long should always be
left near the first wire to produce new canes for the coming season. If trained for
an arbor, all young shoots should be cut back to three buds after the fourth year;
this produces a dense mass of wood and foliage and often an abundance of fruit of
fair quality.

One-third of the young wood should be cut
5 off each year. Old stems which produce but
Currants little fruit should be cut out. On bearing plants
and Gooseberries remove all branches which hang over and touch
——— § the ground. Cultivate shallow and often. Apply
rotted manure as fertilizer.
For destroying insects see Spraying.

Red Raspberries, also Blackberries, should be
allowed to grow in matted rows. In old patches
it is necessary to thin the plants in the row to
permit free access of air and sunshine, allowing
only those plants of strongest fruiting power to
remain. Black Raspberries, also Dewberries,
should be grown in hills. After fruiting all old canes should be removed,
cutting them close to the ground. Stable manure should be applied in the fall
in order to keep up the vitality of the soil. Prune during March. Red varieties of

| Raspberries
and Blackberries |

Cultivate an appreciation of trees and plants.. You can do it.

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OUR MAMMOTH STORAGE CELLARS.— LARGEST IN THE WORLD.

These grand storage buildings give an interesting example of modern genius in the storage and
care of nursery stock. They are five in number, built of quarried stone and representing the invest-
ment of large capital. Total area of storage room 77,000 sq. ft., being the largest in the world; capacity
over three million trees. With the facilities we have for the perfect storage of stock, we are prepared
to meet emergencies arising from shipping stock during the winter and late in spring. Stock is handled
and packed in these buildings without exposure to sun, wind and frost. The carelessness among
nurserymen generally in handling trees, if seen by planters would prove a big surprise. Live trees
are handled too much like brush from the clearings. Is it a wonder that there are so many dis-
appointed planters?

the ground. On the black raspberries and dewberries allow from 5 to 6 canes to
stand for fruiting two and one-half feet long. Red varieties of Raspberries are not
as long-lived as black sorts, and usually require replanting on new ground after
three or four crops have been taken off. A sandy, black or gravelly loam is
best. To prevent rust on Blackberries use Bordeaux mixture (See Spraying). Cut
out all diseased canes. For profit the Conrath Raspberry leads them all; it is early,
very large, hardy, etc. See colored illustration.

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The soil for Strawberries should be made very

aR rich. A sandy or gravelly loam is best, a black
H loam next, then clay. For heavy soils only the

¥% Strawberries ¥ most vigorous growers should be _ selected.
—— Strawberries are of two classes, the Pistillate and
the Staminate. Pistillate sorts are destitute of

the stamens and require a row of Staminate (or perfect flowering) sorts to be
planted among them at intervals not exceeding a rod; the former, if properly fer-
tilized with good, perfect flowering sorts, are more prolific than those with perfect
flowers, or the sorts known as Staminate. For field culture set in rows 3% to 4
feet apart, I2 inches in row; for garden,.15 inches apart each way, leaving pathway
every third row. To produce extra fine large fruit, keep in hills, pinching off all
runners as soon as they appear. Apply rotted barnyard or vegetable manure, such
as muck, rotten turf, wood soil, clover or some other green crops turned under, also
some ashes. In the fall, after the ground is frozen, spread a good covering of straw
or leaves over the plants for protection during the winter and remove the covering
before growth starts in the spring. We advise early spring planting. The first
season all blossoms should be removed, so as to throw the entire vigor towards pro-
ducing plants for the next season’s crop. Usually after one crop is taken they should
be plowed up, unless the plants are healthy and appear to be able to bear another

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HARVESTING 100,000 TREES IN ONE DAY.

We are pleased to show herewith a photograph of many wagons loaded with trees coming from
the field, on Noy. 11th, 1903, the day we dug and cellared over 100,000 trees in less than 10 hours’
time. This achievement exemplifies the possibility of digging trees under modern methods, as illus-
trated on next page.

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REATISE ON MARKETING FRUIT
&

The subject of Marketing is one of great im-

5 portance. Many ye nae Hoes ier Browne

3 3 fruit for market often fail in marketing their
Hints on Marketing products. Few realize the importance of looking
g pa market before shipping time. If you have

a good home market you should make the

proper use of it and deal honestly with your patrons, thereby creating a demand for
your products. If you depend on shipping your fruit, find a well known and estab-
lished house in whom you can place your confidence and give them all the business
you can. Don’t overlook the value of a home market, if you have one, and don’t
refuse a reasonably fair cash offer for fruit in the orchard. Be cautious in shipping
to unknown parties. Treat with mistrust letters of alluring and tempting character.
Try to keep posted on the market. Read one or more Horticultural papers; they
are the best instructors as to demand and supply. Send 50 cents for one year’s sub-
scription to the North American Horticulturist, a monthly fruit growers’ Journal,
published by us. Don’t wait until the last moment before deciding what kind of
package you are to use. It is poor economy to hire cheap, green and unreliable help
for picking and packing. Never tolerate rough and reckless handling .of packages
containing fruit. Haul fruit in a spring wagon. Ship directly after picking, as every
moment’s delay decreases the value of fruits. Stamp your name and address on
every package; mark on the outside of every package the variety contained. Avoid
shipping soft fruits, such as berries, so as to reach the market on Saturday evening
or Sunday morning. Remember that good choice fruit, well handled, properly
graded, and neatly put up will always sell at good prices. Aim to grow such fruit,
and then put it up in good shape. Ship in refrigerator cars if it is possible to obtain
them, all kinds of small fruit, including peaches, plums and cherries, especially for
distant points. Fruit dealers are not fools, and it is a difficult matter to deceive them

The pen is mightier than the sword, but the Banner peach is mightier than either.

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OUR STEAM TREX DIGGER AT WORK.

These photographs give a comprehensive idea of the workings of our “Steam Digger.” These pic:
tures were taken on Nov. 11th, 1903, the day we dug and cellared over 190,000 trees, showing the
digger in full operation. The complete cost of this machine is over $3,000, and as far as we know
there are only four in use at the present time.

by dishonest packing. Establish for yourself a reputation for good and honest
grading and packing. Secure strong and neat packages of full measure; don’t try to
pass off a short measure for a full one. In very warm weather cut holes in tight
packages in which you are shipping fruit, for circulation of air. Give good full
measure. Grade closely, pack honestly, pick carefully; sort out bruised fruit, and
never mix windfalls with hand-picked. All fruits should be hand-picked and handled
to avoid bruising. Windfalls should be marked on the outside of the package, as
such. When packing in barrels, kegs or boxes, shake gently when half full and
repeat when nearly full, to settle the fruit.

MARKETING APPLES. Gather when ripe, before they drop or are blown off
by the wind. Use good judgment as to the right time to gather. If picked too soon,
poor flavor and wilting of the fruit will be the result; if left on the tree too long, they
will drop off and cause loss. The proper time for gathering Winter Apples is from
September 25th to October toth.

Place the fruit in barrels or boxes, put hem in a cool, dry place, and let them
remain open, standing on end, until ready for shipment; ‘then empty carefully on
straw, hay or blankets, re-sort and pack all sound fruit in barrels. Another method
is to put them under cover in a shed or barn until there is danger of freezing, when
they should be barreled up or put on the shelves in a cool cellar. Mark the variety
and the grade on the end intended for the head. Use windfalls and culls for drying,
cider, jelly or vinegar.

MARKETING PEARS. Gather before they are ripe and soft, while yet firm.
Early varieties soften quicker than late, and require quicker handling. Strong crates,
either half or full bushel, are best for shipping pears. Make two grades, and don’t
ship culls. Plant the best varieties, such as C. de Nantes, a variety that brings big
money, late in the fall. Ripen Winter Pears in a dark cellar.

_ MARKETING PLUMS. Plums are classed with soft fruits and must be han-
dled accordingly. Many of the European sorts are very poor shippers, and growers

Which do you prefer in summer—salt pork or fruit?

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ENINGS PARK 3 YEAR

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OUR PRIVATE PARK SYSTEM.

are pleased at the introduction of a class of Plums that can be shipped safely to dis-
tant markets, namely, the Japan sorts. We have kept “Burbank” and “Wickson”
plums on shelves in the office for 30 days during warm weather. Pick before getting
soft. Use a strong, stiff Climax basket, either one-fifth or quarter bushel. If shipped
in large baskets, they rarely ever reach their destination in good condition. Fancy
or large fruit should be wrapped in tissue paper and shipped in shallow baskets.
Unless you have through freight lines, affording direct and quick transportation, we
would advise shipping by express.

MARKETING PEACHES. The peach business has undergone somewhat of a
revolution the past 8 or Io years. Ten years ago early sorts were considered the
most profitable; lately early sorts have not only proven a failure in market but in
many cases it would have paid the grower to let them rot on the trees rather than
to have shipped them. We write thus to impress the reader with the importance of
planting varieties that are firm, and good shippers. Such as Banner, New Prolific,
Smock, Mathew’s Beauty, Elberta, etc., are best for distant markets.

GRADING AND PACKING PEACHES. We wish that we were able to put it
down in words strong enough so that it would be fully understood by growers of
peaches, how important it is that the grading and packing be done straight and
carefully; also that the fruit should average evenly throughout the package in size
and quality. How many growers curse the commission merchant, when they are
often to blame themselves. Few realize that failures in fruit growing are often the
result of crooked and careless packing. The handling, packing and marketing of
fruit has become a science, and the sooner fruit growers find this out the more
successful they will be in marketing their fruit products. Pick carefully by hand.
Handle with greatest care, grade every package, no matter how nice they appear
on top. Bring under shelter and grade from benches or use a Peach Grader. In
packing shake the package gently from time to time until filled. Ship only two
grades; and mark each grade on the outside of package. Sell or ship immediately
after packing. Haul with spring wagon. Throw away all decayed and soft fruit
rather than mix in and spoil the sale of good fruit. Go over your trees at least three
times, picking the best colored and ripest each time. Consult dealers and shippers
as to kind and size of package to be used, and get a full supply in time to avoid dis-
appointment and loss in the shipping season. Cover fruit with a cloth to keep off
dust and sun while hauling it. Sell all you can at home if you can get fair prices,
and ship the balance.

MARKETING CHERRIES. Pick with stems on before fruit is too ripe. De-
liver or ship the same day when picked if possible. Use shallow baskets or crates
for shipping. For the large Sweet Cherries good prices can be obtained if packed
in small baskets to imitate California packages; nearly double the price and often

Clean up the back yard; then plant it to fruit.

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OUR PRIVATE PARK SYSTEM.

more may be secured in this way. We notice that a few enterprising Michigan fruit
growers are using this method of packing with great profit. The Brusseler Braune
Cherry, which we have introduced recently, ripens two weeks later than the latest
known cherry; it is of the largest size, fully as large as the big sweet varieties, dark
one very productive and a very hardy tree. -It will be planted extensively in the
uture.

MARKETING QUINCES. Pick when golden yellow; handle as carefully as
peaches, as every bruise will turn brown and spoil the looks of the fruit.

MARKETING GRAPES. Gather when fully colored and sweet. Too many
grapes are picked too green, and are a great detriment to the market early in the
season. Unripe grapes are injurious to health, and are relished by no/one. While
picking handle very carefully, lay them gently into the basket. Use a strong stiff
basket, eight or ten pound. Two pickings should be made, as those most exposed to
the sun will ripen first. Use a spring wagon for hauling. Grapes may be kept for
a considerable length of time after picking, even into the winter if handled with
proper care, and if kept in a cool cellar or storage, where the air is not too damp,
and the temperature even.

MARKETING BERRIES. Provide neat crates and baskets. Do not be tempt-
ed to use a dirty basket or crate, even if given you. In selling, everything depends
on having fine, large fruit put up in attractive packages. Give each picker a stand,
which can be made of lath, to hold four quart boxes, and instruct them, and see to it
that they handle the berries much more carefully than they would eggs. If you have
a good variety and have cared for them well, there will be very few small ones.
Round up the box well and turn the stem ends of the top strawberries down. This
gives a showy appearance, and is much better than topping off with extra large ones.
Customers like to receive a full quart, and just as good berries at the bottom as at
the top of the basket.. For a market one hundred miles or more distant, berries
must be picked in a very firm and partially green condition and shipped per express.
This condition can only be learned by experience. If possible, engage one party to
take all your berries at a uniform price. An enterprising groceryman for your home
trade, or a reliable commission merchant if you are obliged to send to a city. You
will not be likely to make a bargain in advance with a commission merchant unless
your berries are well known to him. In a home market it is a great advantage to be.
able to deliver your berries and have them off your hands. Women are preferred as
pickers, then girls, then boys. To have picking well done requires close supervision.
To be successful, your picking must be well done at any cost. Avoid jolting in car-
rying berries to market or depot. Have commission men report condition on ar-
rival, and bring every influence to bear on railway and steamboat men to have them
handle the crates carefully.

MARKETING ‘CURRANTS. Pick when fully ripe, and ship either in: one
quart boxes, the same as berries, one-half bushel shallow crates or boxes, or Climax
grape baskets. v

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ROA RIT AED

Some of our artistic compositions, presenting very attractive views as seen from the highway.

MARKETING GOOSEBERRIES. Pick just before they begin to ripen, while
yet green. On account of their strong and tart taste they are very desirable for
canning, pies and jelly. They also make one of the finest and most palatable catsups
of any fruit grown; if this is new to you, “try it,” and you will be surprised. When
the fruit is left to ripen on the bushes, the berries are very sweet and delicious,
and there is occasionally a demand for ripe berries; it is always well to find out from
the merchant who handles your gooseberries whether he wishes them green or ripe.
One of the best packages to use in shipping gooseberries is the Climax 10-pound
grape basket; one-half bushel crates or boxes are also very desirable. To clean
gooseberries, ‘after being gathered, run them through a fanning mill, with cloth over
the sieves. Gooseberries may be shipped long distances.

PREATISE ON BEAUTIFYING THE

SURROUNDINGS OF THE HOME 4

N PRESENTING this chapter on home improvement, the writer has in

mind the arousing of the public interest, the awakening to the necessity

| of more pleasant surroundings, and particularly a dispensation of infor-

mation that an enterprising public is very much in need of. Our office is

ii besieged with inquiries from people desiring information and ideas of how

to lay out front yards, lawns, etc., and the kinds of trees and plants best

suited for this purpose. Believing that the duty to give this information

rests largely with the nurserymen, and desiring to fill a long felt want, we are

pleased to embody in this book a treatise giving practical ideas, in very brief and
comprehensible form, along this line of work.

HOW SHALL WE IMPROVE AND

The Front Yard BEAUTIFY THE FRONT YARD? Let us
see. The ideal front yard should have an open,

grassy front, which, like a eee should have its borders and edges framed, and
trimmed with suitable plants and trees so as to give an attractive and pleasing effect.
The central feature of the front yard, to which all parts relate, is the resi-

dence. Let us begin by planting beds of hardy flowering shrubbery right up against

Eating Banana apples. Don’t bite off more than you can swallow.

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Bird’s-eye view of our main Storage Cellar, covering an area of over 77,000 square feet, built of
quarried stone, the largest and most costly building of its kind in the world. Its storage capacity is
over three million trees.

the house in front, on either side of the entrance, and along the sides of the house
where it will show from the front. For this purpose hardy shrubs are most desirable,
for the reason that they are permanent and may be pruned in any form desired.
Those most suitable for this purpose are the Spireas: Van Houtii, Thunbergii, Bu-
maldi, Reevesii, Prunifolia; also Barberry Thunbergii, Deutzia Gracilis, Globe
Flower, Hydrangea, Red Snowberry and Syringa Golden. They should be planted
two to three feet apart. lf a banking of tender flowers is desired, plant beds of
Geraniums, Cannas, Caladiums, Asters, Nasturtiums, Heliotrope and Peonies. A
hedge of Arbor Vitae, or a double row of mixed hardy shrubbery, should be planted
along the edge of the lawn as a border for the sides and background. A group or
border may also be dominated by any one kind of shrubbery chosen from some of
the nursery catalogues. A row of Maples, Birches, Catalpas or Mountain Ash
should be planted along one or both sides of the driveway leading to the barn. A
spacious front yard should have a few trees scattered about in such a manner as
not to obstruct the front view or detract from the beauty of the lawn. The follow-
ing are most suitable: Cut-leaved Birch, Catalpas, Mountain Ash, Prunus Pissardi,
Purple Fringe, Sweet Gum, Maiden Hair, Magnolia, Weir’s Cut-leaved Maple, La-
burnum, Purple-leaved Beech; also Weeping Elm, Tea’s Weeping Mulberry, Kil-
marnock Willow, etg¢. Don’t overcrowd or make the front yard look like a checker-
board. The banking of shrubbery and flowers up against the house is in most
cases amply sufficient to add beauty and grace to the front of the house. Ever-
greens of the fancy varieties may be arranged in the background, either singly or
in groups for fine effects. The varieties best suited for a heavy background are the
Norway Spruce, American Arbor Vitae, Red Cedar, Colorado Blue Spruce, ete. The
slower growing varieties, such as Tom Thumb Arbor Vitae, Hovey’s Golden
Arbor Vitae, Siberian Arbor Vitae, Chinese Compacta, Irish and Golden-tipped
Juniper, are best suited for planting singly or in clusters. All of these
may be pruned in any desired shape to please the taste. Climbing roses,
Clematis and vines should be grown on wire trellises near the porches or
on buildings around the place, or around the windows or doors, so as
not to exclude the sun and air. We herewith give a list of shrubbery inclined to
grow tall, which may be used to plant along the border of the lawn, either singly,
in groups or hedge-rows. Purple Barberry, Flowering Currants, Deutzias, Dog-
wood, Golden Elder, Purple-leaved Filbert, Forsythia, Upright Honeysuckle, Golden

Eat fruit and enjoy life all you can, for you will be a long time dead.

4

GREENING’S BICYCLE PATH.

Constantly having in mind the improvement of the highways, we have built at our expense a bicycle
path leading from the city to our nursery grounds and office, a distance of one and one-half miles. It
is constructed of ground limestone, is as smooth as a floor, and is kept in perfect condition at our ex-
pense. It is conceded by many that this path is one of the finest in the country. It is the delight of
cyclers, and many fast records have been made on it.

Spirea, Spirea Van Houtii, Lilac, Double Flowering Plum, Snowballs, Snowberry,
Syringas, Weigelias, etc. The best creeping plants for brick or stone walls are the
Ampelopsis Veitchii (Japan Ivy). Other climbing plants best suited for screening
or covering buildings; fences and unsightly objects are the Honeysuckle, Dutchman’s
Pipe, American Ivy, Akebia, Wistaria, Trumpet Vine, Clematis Paniculata, Cinna-
mon Vine, etc. Rose beds may be planted on the sides of the lawn or in other places
where they will get plenty of sunlight. Attention is directed to the beautiful illus-
trations showing the splendid improvements made around our own homes, buildings
and parks here at the nursery. Those seeking knowledge along these lines are cor-
dially invited to visit our grounds. where they may get ideas that cannot be obtained
in any other way.

a First of all, let it be understood that the
| % The Lawn *% | front lawn must not be used as a temporary

—— gy driveway or convenient place to store wood,
rubbish or ancient machinery. The ground for a lawn should be carefully prepared
and enriched. It should be graded to a pleasing slope and sown with lawn grass. For
a farm lawn, sow with one quart of Kentucky blue grass seed to the square rod.
The surface must be even and the soil mellow. It should be rolled and mowed
frequently. Water should be applied freely by means of a sprinkler wherever pos-
sible. The size of the lawn should correspond to the dimensions of the house and
its distance from the highway.

We ought -to perhaps offer an apology for

| The Back Yard || not placing this section pertaining to the im-
—————____________________y provement of the back yard at the head of the

list. In many cases there are ample reasons why the work of home improvement
should begin in the back yard. The first thing to do is to clean up. Remove stones,
litter, rubbish, and everything unsightly that is movable. Find a suitable place for
the woodpile, level the grounc, take down broken fences and build new ones. Plant
climbing vines against unsightly buildings, or make a screen of evergreens, or plant
tall growing shrubbery, to hide unsightly objects in the back yard.

“Round out the corners of the lawn with graceful shrubbery.

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Piece-Root Whole-Root No. 2 ( No. 1
Grafts. Grafts. Seedlings. Seedlings.

PIECE-ROOT VS. WHOLE-ROOT TREES.

Above is shown the piece-root and whole-root graft, also No. 1 and No. 2 fruit tree seedlings. Each
one of the bundles contains the same number of grafts and seedlings. The superior value of whole-
root trees must be readily apparent, even to the inexperienced, still there are nurserymen who will
argue that piece-root and No. 2 seedlings are equal to whole-root and No. 1 seedlings. We use only
the strongest whole-root stock and the results are most gratifying.

Put them where they are needed, but be sure

3 that they are needed. Go from one point to an-

Walks and Drives other in the easiest and simplest way possible.

and If you can throw in a gentle curve, it will en-

Wh P Th hance the charm of it. For driveways use gravel,

ere to rut em cinders, stone screenings, or tan bark. For walks,

._____________y cement and stone flagging are the best materials;

the next best are gravel, planks, screenings and

cinders. Wooden walks should be sunk on a level with the sod so that the lawn

mower may pass over without hindrance. In flower gardens a strip of sod may be
left as a walk.

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TREE TORRE ERS a Saka Raa There should be no fence in front of the
femopence Oucstign | premises unless there is a reason for it. They
SS are neither ornamental nor desirable. The
money put into a fence will often buy enough stock to plant the whole yard. The
street and walks sufficiently define the place. In the back yard there may be need
for a fence, which may become both a screen and a shelter. Usually it can be covered
with creeping vines or grape-vines.

CMe ANE AITLES pe RUMEN EEE aT Hedges add beauty to a lawn or park as
io, Hedges ra jewelry does to good dress. Repeated and care-
———— 9 ful pruning are leading essentials which must be
observed to maintain a well-kept hedge. The leading varieties of evergreens for
hedges are: American Arbor Vitae, Norway Spruce and Red Cedar. Among the
shrub hedges, the following are the most valuable: Privet, Japan Quince, Purple
Barberry, etc. All of these may be pruned into any desired shape.

In conclusion, it is the hope of the writer that his efforts in compiling this work
may lead to higher ideals, greater happiness and more complete enjoyment of life.

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Flowers are Nature’s jewels in emerald settings.

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OVER 500,000 PEACH TREES IN BUD IN ONE SOLID BLOCK.

An ocean of trees, yet only a small portion of our annual output. Our peach trees are grown from
the genuine natural peach seed, gathered for us under contract in the mountains of Tennessee. Trees
grown from this seed have all the health, vigor and hardiness of the natural stock retained and pre-
served, and will make profitable and lasting orchards. The average height of trees in this block
when photographed, at 4 months old, was about 4 feet; such wonderful growth being the result of
turning under two heavy crops of cow-peas and a liberal application of stable manure.

(oS Chapter PREATISE ON TREE INSECTS AND I
He Five DISEASES, SPRAYING, ETC., ETC. 4)

By PROF. L. R. TAFT and C. E. GREENING

SPRAYING.—Get a spraying apparatus of a size commensurate with the area
of your orchard. In the use of the various solutions, much care should be given to
their proper strength and to the purity of the chemicals. See that the solutions are
kept continually stirred. Use clean water. Run the solutions through a screen.
Mount the apparatus on a cart or wagon. Use the celebrated “Vermorel Nozzle.”
Use a strong hose of sufficient length to spray one or more rows at a time. For
large trees use an extension rod to elevate the nozzle up into tree. Write us for
low prices on a first-class spraying outfit.

The insects which injure trees and plants

To a La Obtain. their tood. either by: biting off and swal-

Destructive Insects lowing portions of the more tender parts, or by

d sucking the sap through a slender tube, and the

an remedies selected must be adapted to the habits

Remedies for Them of the insects. Thus most of those in the first

sey = =6lsroup can be destroyed by covering the sections

‘ on which they feed with Paris green, while

for the sucking insects something must be used which will act upon the breathing
organs, or have a caustic effect upon the bodies of the insects.

CODLING MOTHS.—These attack the apple, and occasionally the pear and
quince. There are two broods, one of which hatches in June and the other in
August. Spray with the Paris green mixture soon after the blossoms fall, while
the calyx lobes are still open, for the first brood, and the latter part of July for the
second brood.

PLANT-LICE, APHIDES, ETC.—These are sucking insects. Use kerosene
emulsion, strong tobacco-water, or whale-oil soap. Asa rule, they are most plentiful
in hot, dry seasons.

Cultivate kindness—and a crop of Banner peaches.

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OUR PRIVATE PARK SYSTEM.

lig. 1 illustrates one of our picturesque macadam driveways. Fig. 2 shows an effective display of
shrubbery, trees, and Tom Thumb evergreens with an attractive background. Fig. 3 gives a fine view
of our charming Silver Maple avenue.

SAN JOSE SCALE, SCURFY SCALE, OYSTER-SHELL SCALE, AND
OTHERS.—These are also sucking insects, but differ from ordinary plant-lice by
secreting a shell-like covering. They travel but a short distance after hatching.
Most of them have but one brood, but -the San Jose scale may have three or four
broods in a season, and multiplies so rapidly that millions of San Jose scale may
come from one female insect during one season. The oyster-shell scale is one-fourth
inch long, brown in color, and of about the shape of an oyster-shell. The scurfy
scale is gray in color, flattened, and nearly the size of a pin-head. San Jose scale is
much smaller, resembling small black “fly-specks,”’ so small that it is rather difficult
to detect them until one becomes familiar with their appearance, except when
numerous; they can be more readily distinguished with a magnifying glass.
When first hatched, their color is yellow and they move about very rapidly, but in
a short time a scale-like covering begins to form, resembling fly-specks.

REMEDIES FOR SCALE-INSECTS.—For San Jose scale use the “sulphur.
lime and salt mixture,” prepared as follows: Twenty-five pounds of lime, 15 pounds
of sulphur, 8 pounds of salt. Slack the lime, which should be fresh, in warm water,
and keep stirring to avoid burning. When the slacking begins, sift on the sulphur
and mix thoroughly. After slacking and mixing, add enough water to make a thin
paste, and boil from one to two hours; then add the salt and continue the boiling
for fifteen minutes, then add enough hot water to make fifty gallons. Mix thor-
oughly, run through a strainer and apply the mixture while hot. This remedy
should be used only while trees are dormant, March being the best month. For a
summer application for the destruction of the San Jose scale, prepare this mixture
in the same way, leaving out the salt. The spraying should be done very thor-
oughly, so as to cover every part of the branches infected by the insects. In sections
where the San Jose scale prevails. an application of the above mixture should be
made each year. For the oyster-shell and scurfy scales a good remedy is to spray
the trees during the winter with 6 pounds of caustic soda in 50 gallons of water.

PLUM CURCULIO.—In addition to the plum, this insect attacks the peach,
cherry and apple. The insects are beetles, one-eighth inch in length and brown in
color. The beetles appear often before the blossoms open, and as they feed on the
leaves, it is possible to poison by spraying at that time. As soon as the blossoms
have fallen the spraying should be repeated, and another application is often advis-
able, especially in rainy seasons or when the curculio are numerous. Formula for
spraying: Slack 2 pounds of fresh lime and mix thoroughly with 1 pound of pure
Paris green in 150 gallons of water. For most purposes it is desirable to combine

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THE FLYER “BAB,” PROPERTY OF CHAS. H. GREENING.

the Paris green with Bordeaux mixture. Keep the water and poison constantly
stirred. Apply thoroughly. Jarring the trees in the early morning and catching the
beetles upon sheets spread on the ground, is also an old and effectual remedy.

CURRANT AND GOOSEBERRY WORMS.—Spray with Paris green, I
ounce in 15 gallons of water, with a little lime, as soon as the worms appear. For
the second brood use powdered hellebore, and later pyrethrum, if necessary.

BORERS.—Nearly all fruit trees are subject to the attack of borers in the
trunk near the ground. Examine the trees during October by scraping the soil back
from the trunks to a depth of three inches. If borers are found, destroy them with
a steel wire or dig them out with a knife. Peach and other trees, especially subject
to attack, should be again examined in May or June.

CANKER-WORMS.—Apple orchards, elm and other trees are often defo-

-liated and their growing and fruiting prevented by this insect. When full grown

they are about one inch long, and of a light green color, and from their appearance
when crawling are often called inch- or span-worms. They often consume all of the
green portions of the leaves, only midribs remaining, and the trees have the appear-
ance of having been scorched with fire. Remedy: Spray thoroughly with the Paris
green mixture just before the blossoms open, and again as soon as the fruit has set.
In rainy seasons several applications may be desirable. While small the worms are
readily killed, but if the spraying is delayed until the worms are nearly grown, a
more thorough application of the poison than usual is necessary. A band of sticky
material, such as fly-paper, if wound around the trunks to act as a trap for catching
the worms when they emerge from the ground in the early summer and begin to
gel up the tree in search of food and to deposit their eggs, is also a splendid
remedy.

SLUGS.—These are small, slimy insects about one-half inch long, that eat the
lining off the leaves of cherry, pear, plum and quince trees. There are usually two
broods, which may readily be destroyed by throwing dry road-dust, slacked lime or
ashes over the trees, or they may be sprayed with the Paris green or Bordeaux
mixture. 2

PEAR BLIGHT.—This disease causes the
leaves and twigs to turn black, and it may be

Diseases of Fruit spread all along the branches until the entire
Trees and tree is involved. The remedy is the removal of

: i the affected portions as soon as the disease is
Their Remedies detected. We also recommend using the Califor-
nia tree-wash, and scraping the bark, as herein

described under the heading of “The Pear Or-
chard.” Also use the sulphate of copper mixture as directed.

Beautify the home in its immediate surroundings.

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GREENING’S ADVERTISING WAGON.

Few people realize the vast proportions of our advertising. Our claim of being the largest adver-
tisers among nurserymen in the world is fully justified. Above is shown one of our advertising wagons,
fully equipped for painting our signs on large buildings throughout the country. Four expert artists
accompany each wagon. Fach wagon carries an abundant supply of Greening’s literature, such as cat-
alogues, pamphlets, Horticulturists, etc., all of which is distributed en route as they travel through the
country.

THE APPLE AND QUINCE BLIGHT.—This is a form known as twig blight,
often attacking the young growth upon apple and quince trees. The removal of the
affected portions is the only remedy, but we would advise a thorough application
of the Bordeaux mixture in every case of blight of this nature.

PEACH-LEAF CURL.—This is a fungous disease which causes the leaves
to thicken, curl and fall off. The disease is most troublesome when the weather in
May is cold and wet. Remedy: Spray the trees early in the spring before sap flows, -
with a solution of copper sulphate, using 2 pounds in 50 gallons of water. Spray
thoroughly so as to cover every bud. This remedy has proven very effectual.

PEACH YELLOWS AND LITTLE PEACH.—These diseases are very con-
tagious, and the only method of saving orchards is the prompt removal of the af-
fected trees.

SHOT-HOLE FUNGUS, OR LEAF BLIGHT.—This disease is the most in-
jurious to the plum of the European varieties. It also affects the cherry,
currant and gooseberry. Brown spots appear on the leaf, causing the injured por-
tions to drop out, making round holes in the leaf, and finally causing the foliage to
drop, long before the growing season is over. This check causes the tree to ripen
its wood, and a little later in the season they begin to throw out new foliage, which
in many cases proves fatal to the tree. Remedy: Spray with a solution of copper
sulphate, using 2 pounds in 50 gallons of water, early in the spring before the sap
begins to flow. Later on the Bordeaux mixture may be applied several times during
the growing season.

BROWN ROT OF STONE FRUITS. —This is a rot affecting the fruit just
before it begins to turn, and often destroys the entire crop. Warm, wet and muggy
weather aids the disease in the germination of the spores of the fungus. Remedy:
Spray with the copper sulphate solution early in the spring before sap flows, and
continue to spray with the Bordeaux mixture every three or four weeks up to the
time the fruit begins to color, the last spraying being with a weak solution of copper
sulphate, containing about I pound in 150 gallons of water.

APPLE SCAB.—Use Bordeaux mixture every: four weeks after the fruit has
formed on the trees. Three applications are sufficient.

Trees, shrubbery, flowers and sunshine, fill the heart with joy.

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RESIDENCE OF CHARLES E. GREENING.

In architecture this building is after the modern English type. It has a frontage of seventy-five
feet and extends sixty-five feet to the rear. The interior is finished in selected polished Tennes-
see quartered white oak; French plate glass, conservatory, billiard parlor, fine library and private gas
plant, a modern house with everything that will add to comfort and pleasure. An ideal home, amid
charming groups of Spirea Van Houtii, stately maples, beautiful shrubbery and climbers.

at ee aN BORDEAUXK MIXTURE.— Five pounds
|| Spraying Formulas || copper sulphate, 5 pounds stone lime, 50 gallons
of water. Dissolve the copper sulphate by Sus-
pending it in a basket, so that it will hang just below the surface of the water. A
gallon of water will readily dissolve a pound of copper sulphate. In another vessel
slack the lime,—which should be fresh,—in eight gallons of hot water, stirring and
adding cold water enough to keep the lime from burning. After the latter solution
has cooled, slowly turn it into the copper sulphate solution and add enough water
to make 50 gallons all told. This, when all is thoroughly mixed and carefully
strained, is ready for use. The use of lime with this mixture is of the greatest
importance, and we would rather advise a little surplus, so as to make sure of there
being enough. For late spraying, in using this mixture, just before fruit begins to
color, reduce the amount of lime and copper sulphate, in order to preserve the color
of the fruit.

COPPER SULPHATE MIXTURE.—Dissolve 1 pound of copper sulphate in
25 gallons of water. This solution is only to be used in the spring, before the sap
begins to flow. Do not apply it to foliage.

KEROSENE EMULSION.--One gallon kerosene oil, I pound of hard soap,
and 15 gallons of water. Dissolve the soap in 2 gallons of water, add the kerosene
and churn thoroughly together, until it becomes a thick, creamy mass. When ready
for use, add the remainder of the water. This mixture will answer for nearly all
plants, ‘but for trees infested with plant-lice, it will be advisable to use Io quarts
of water to one of kerosene during the summer.

PARIS GREEN MIXTURE.— Use I pound of pure Paris green in 150 gallons
of water. Add to this 2 pounds of well slacked lime. Strain carefully before using.
For most purposes, we would advise combining the Paris green with Bordeaux
mixture, in which case the extra 2 pounds of lime mentioned may be left out, on
account of the lime contained in the Bordeaux mixture.

WHALE-OIL SOAP MIXTURE.—This mixture may be used for aphis and
plant-lice during the summer season, at the rate of 1 pound of the whale-oil soap in
3 to 5 gallons of water.

Language of the flowers—“Kiss me over the garden gate.”

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Prominent Horticultural Societies | ;
#4Visiting Greening’s Nurseries 4%

Lucas County Horticultural Society; Tucas County Floricultural Society; Lenawee County Horti-
cultural Society and the Civic Improvement Society of Monroe, Mich., visiting our nurseries
June 19th, 1902.

The Michigan State Horticultural Society visiting Greening Bros.’ Nurseries Oct. 8, 1901.

The three groups above shown are photographs taken on our grounds and represent gatherings of
Horticultural Societies who came for the purpose of visiting and inspecting our Nurseries, seeing and
admiring the beautiful and expensive improvements such as can only be found on our grounds. What
they saw is expressed in the remarks made by some of the leading members of the society during and
after the tour through the Nurseries.

HERE IS WHAT THEY SAID.

“T never believed these Nurseries were so extensive.’”’-—“‘The healthiest and smoothest trees I
have ever seen.”—“‘What perfection of detail on every hand.’”—‘“‘Such rich and glossy foliage.”—“‘What
a grand invention, the Steam Tree Digger—such fine roots I never saw.”’ ‘“‘What wonderful progress
these people have made.”—‘What immense quantities of trees, extending for miles.”—‘“There is no
evidence of any disease or injurious insects.’”,—“If I were to buy thousands of trees I would get them
from this Nursery.”—‘“I never heard of any yellows in this section,’ says Prof. Taft. “These people
are certainly among the most successful Nurserymen in this country.’”—‘The nature of that soil and the
way it is prepared can only produce the very best trees; not a weed to be seen on these extensive
grounds covering over 700 acres.”—‘‘What elegant and costly buildings and beautiful parks.”—“I shall
never forget this trip; it has been one of the greatest enjoyments of my life to visit these grounds.”
—‘‘All that is represented in their catalogue and more too.”—‘‘They deserve success and are getting
it.” —Etc., etc.

Some of these visitors, to whom we respectfully refer the public: President R. M. Kellogg, Three
Rivers, Mich. Secretary C. E. Bassett, Fennville; Mich. Prof. L. R. Taft, Agr. College, Mich., Sec.
Ohio H. S.—W. W. Farnsworth, Waterville, O. C. J. Monroe, South Haven, Mich. L. B. Rice, Port
Huron, Mich. C. B. Welch, Douglas, Mich. Prof. U. P. Hedrick, Agr. College, Mich., etc.

From a fifty-acre orchard R. Morrill received $30,000 for one crop. Does it pay?

THE OLD WAY OF DIGGING TREES.

An every-day scene in digging time under the old method of digging trees with spades.

The

men have succeeded in lifting the tree, with a mighty effort so frequently necessary to pull the tree,
but alas! the tree being rent from the ground with spade and force of muscle, the roots are badly
broken and bruised and it will be seen that the man pulling the tree has lost his equilibrium at a crit-

ical moment.

Thousands of planters will hail with delight the advent of modern tree digging. There

can be no disappointment in planting our steam dug trees, as all the roots are intact and uninjured,

not bruised, broken or crushed as is the case under the old method.

business, better orchards.

Results—smiling patrons, more

(INDEX)

Bonnetra teach, Block Of i. mate nee 6
Beautifying the Surroundings of a
lomiles are atiSe® OM).cocc. oe. cce one 23-26
Bestetanees tom ila nt ay rene ss sieypavie selec 2
JBionrGleaiib<? AM Disqublites neice is cen eee 31
NOLES peers act eet Nes eee ete ee 11-29
CALE a erOre wlan tilGrccs a. = ike w orc Sie 3
Copper Sulphate Mixtures... a.....2c.: 31
(CONE (GeO gai note Men ae Tee 9
Crops to Grow in an Orchard........ 9
Cultivation: of Orehards... 2 sot pace syne 9
Currants and Gooseberries........... 17
Diseases and Remedies............ 29-30
Distances. tor blantinet: 4) ose..4e6 - 2 « 3
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Greening’s Horticultural Gardens..... 4
Hesine mnuised Tteess.. acs. vcas ss II
Heeling in Before Planting........... 5
How to Make Trees Bear..:......... II
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Insects and Remedies............. 27-29
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Orchard and Small Fruits, Treatise

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Blan fires ctiankenmnel-aerre . sawne 4
Plantine Drees; Plants: rete of... ee 6-9
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Prunine. Grape Vinles'.2ols, sae veateee 16
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Raspberries and Blackberries......... 17
Root Pruning before Planting........ 3
Selecting Site for Orchards.......... - I
SoilsPreparation) tor Orchardes.e> ss. - I
Spraying Insects and Diseases, Treat-

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