HOME PROPAGATION OF PEACH TREES— MARKETING 



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the Canadian fruit was inferior in flavor number of nurserymen reporting tlie va- 



and quality. Readies are sold here in riety amongst the best sellers. 



bundles of three crates each, 15 peaches The numbers at the head of the col- 



to the crate, and the Canadian fruit unins are those of the American Pomolo- 



brought $4.50 a bundle, as against $3 for gical Society Districts for 1909. See map 



the Washington product. I purchased a on page 192. 



case of the Ontario peaches to examine 



the packing and found that the method DISTRICT \0. 8 



employed was as follows: An open-laid "''*** sellers 



crate 4 inches deep, 12 inches wide and Elberta O. M. Free 



18 inches long is used, with a light cleat Heath Cling Salway 



on the ends. A layer of wood wool is Champion Sneed 



first put in and on this is placed the Early and Late Susquehanna 



peach wrapped in a fine Impervious Crawford Stump the World 



white tissue paper and nesting in the Amsden Triumph 



same material. More wood wool is placed Bokana Wager 



on the top of the fruit. In appearance Carman Wheatland 



no packing could be more attractive. The Bernard's E. Wonderful 



Washington fruit was packed in a less Foster World's Pair 



attractive brownish-white paper. Greensboro Belle of Georgia 



••ic *i A„ • ._• -,1 1. J Mountain Rose Ortiz 



If the American shipper will study r> lu • 



the requirements of the market he will ■■ S 



experience no trouble in creating a per- -^ew Varietips 



manent demand for his fruit. Dressed in ^^^ ^'°"'^'" ^^'-''^'s ^air 



proper clothes the Washington peach ^^''^^ ^- ^'^^'■*^ ^rtiz 



could sweep the market." DISTRICT \0 1*' 



Here is a case where a superior article Best Sellers 



sold for a smaller price because it was Elberta 



not so well dressed, showing that the DISTRICT NO. 14 



beauty of the package in which an ar- Best Sellers 



tide is placed has much to do with its Early and Late Salway 



selling qualities. Crawford Triumph 



Graxville Lowther Elberta Yellow St. John 



Cost of Harvesting: Peaches >"ew Varieties 



Cost of box of peaches from the tree to GiUingham Golden 



the warehouse as worked out in the or- Banner Chance 



chard of Mr. Kenneth R. Hume, Selah, Imperial Arkansas Beauty 



Wash.: Prolific F. Elberta 



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Hauling 01 77 Hest Sellers 



^^'^e^ome 0t.V2 Early Crawford Muir 



Boxes 047.'-> „,, . 



Paper 01 o.j Elberta Fitzgerald 



— — - Charlotte St. John 



Varieties <o I'lanJ Salway Triumph 



As an indication of current opinion on DISTRICT ,\0. 2 



the best varieties to plant in the various Best Sellers 



districts, the following tables are given, Elberta Champion 



having been compiled from reports of Belle of Auburn 



nurserymen throughout the United X,.,,. Varieties 



States. The varieties are given in the Belle of Auburn Engols Main 



order of importance based on the largest Niagara Oceana 



