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. Peaches 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 umns 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 



TTkTOnri-OTrinn tu-iA ft 



the packing and found that the method x/x>jxx».xvx x^^» a 



employed was as follows: An open-laid ^^®*' »^^"®^'^ 



crate 4 inches deep, 12 inches wide and Eiberta 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 ^^^'^y ^^^ ^^^^ 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 Fair 



attractive brownish-white paper. Greensboro Belle of Georgia 



«T* *!. A • -u' -n X ^ Mountain Rose Ortiz 

 "If the American shipper will study 



the requirements of the market he will ^^^^^ 



experience no trouble in creating a per- m tti ^^ w^ i^*^ v^ • 



manent demand for his fruit. Dressed in 04. •. t-. * ,^ ^ ^ ^f ^ ^^^ 



1 XT, XT. TTT v ^ V Stark E. Alberta Ortiz 

 proper clothes the Washington peach 



could sweep the market." BISTEICT NO. 12 



Here is a case where a superior article Best Sellers 



sold for a smaller price because it was Eiberta 



not so well dressed, showing that the DISTRICT K0« 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 



Geakville Lowtheb Eiberta Yellow St. John 



Cost of Harvesting Peaches New Varieties 



Cost of box of peaches from the tree to Gillingham Golden 



the warehouse as worked out in the or- Banner Chance 



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



-^g^gj3^ , Prolific F. Eiberta 



Picking omr^ DISTRICT 50. 15 



Packing 0265 l^xi3XI^>l^, i ^^^f. it> 



Hauling 0177 Best Sellers 



Warehouse 0152 Early Crawford Muir 



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— ~ Charlotte St. John 



Varieties to Plant '^^'^'^ ^^^"^^^ Triumph 



As an indication of current opinion on DISTRICT NO, 2 



the best varieties to plant in the various Best Sellers 



districts, the following tables are given, Eiberta Champion 



having been compiled from reports of Belle of Auburn 



nurserymen throughout the United ]N"ew Varieties 



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



order of importance based on the largest Niagara Oceana 



