. Catalogue. Nursery stock Michigan Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. i6 GREENING BROTHERS' OUR MODERN METHOD OF DIGGING TREES BY STEAM POWER. The machine shown in our illustration is one which has revolutionized the work of digging trees in the nursery, and is a new and patented invention. The cost of the machine is weight over three tons ; the power is supplied by a Ifi-horse power steam traction engine. The machine winds up the cables and draws the digger blade under the trees
. Catalogue. Nursery stock Michigan Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. i6 GREENING BROTHERS' OUR MODERN METHOD OF DIGGING TREES BY STEAM POWER. The machine shown in our illustration is one which has revolutionized the work of digging trees in the nursery, and is a new and patented invention. The cost of the machine is weight over three tons ; the power is supplied by a Ifi-horse power steam traction engine. The machine winds up the cables and draws the digger blade under the trees at any desired depth up to 'JO inches. Although the power applied is something enormous yet one men has complete control of the machine and digger by means of levers attached to a powerful friction clutch so wonderfully arranged as to completely guide the digger working in the trees. "We have exclusive right of sale of the«e n achines Bow many trees are supplied by nursery men with poor mutilated roots I A multitude of disappointed planters can l>e>t fteader. let us convince you of the value of our trees by giving us a trial order. In conclusion we would Conclusion urge upon the reader to con- sider our many advantages, briefly and correctly men- tioned in the foregoing paragraphs. We have not made mention of the wonderful progress of our firm, but we will devote a page in this catalogue to giving a brief history of our humble beginning in the year 1883. It will be seen that we began business with practically no capital, and no resources except the knowledge inherited from J. C. Greening, the father of the present proprietors, who started in the nursery business in the year 1857, and who was the founder of these nurseries. The reason of our wonderful success is summed up in the following : M Pair and Honorable Dealing; Careful Management in Every Detail; Un- tiring Efforts to Please Patrons; Honesty and ; These are the characteristics which
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