
Harrison Peach trees in orchard of Jay Allis, Medina, N. Y., twenty-four acres, four 
years old, yielded 40,000 baskets of fruit in 1912. 
PEACHES, continued 
making the bulk of the money in apple orchards, we took a look at Peach 
orchards, and we found almost the same situation there: While all the 
varieties of Peaches in our big general list are exceedingly valuable, and 
are planted very largely everywhere, yet one-half of the Peach profits 
made in the East come from Ray, Elberta and Belle of Georgia. This is 
true in the North and in the South, along the coast and in the mountains. 
These three varieties thrive almost anywhere, they bear heavily, beginning 
at an early age, the fruit stands handling and shipping well, and has an 
established market. Therefore we say, plant Ray, Elberta and Belle of 
Georgia, and you will get greater profit than more mixed plantings could 
give you. If you have but two or three varieties, your entire harvest will 
come within a short time, and you can ship and sell by the carload—the 
way that always pays the best. 
We strongly recommend the use of Peach trees as fillers in apple orchards, 
if you want to grow Peaches and if the land suits. Some say that it is not 
a good thing, because the cultivating and spraying for the two kinds of 
fruit are different; but we have planted thousands of Peach trees as fillers 
in apple orchards, and we know positively that you can make money more 
quickly and make more of it by adopting this plan. We believe you are 
planting to make your orchard business a financial success, and we are 
advising you in the best way we know how after years of experience. If 
you plant a Peach orchard and intend to grow Peaches as your main crop, 
instead of apples or pears, we suggest that you plant apple trees 30 to 50 
feet apart among the Peach trees. A Peach orchard seldom is profitable 
after it is fifteen years old. If you plant apple trees, you can cut out the 
Peach trees when they begin to fail and have a first-class apple orchard, 
which will have cost you practically nothing. It is just such things as this 
that make some orchards great successes. 
The most successful growers have found that they should plant a new 
Peach orchard about every fourth year—or not more than every seventh 
year at the most. Each time fresh ground ought to be selected. Peach 
trees from three to eight years old are the ones that are most profitable, 
and you should always have an orchard of that age on which to put your 
best efforts. Three or four acres of such Peach orchard should give as 
much as five hundred dollars an acre clear profit, if you care for it properly. 
Younger trees and older trees, or those not cared for right, will not do so 
well, and if you attempt to maintain your income from them you will 
be disappointed. It always is advisable to grow crops between the trees 
for the first two years, and usually it is advisable the third and fourth 
years. 
8 Harrison’s Nurseries 
