HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 



THE PEACH 



In the Peach excellence and beauty are combined, and if given 

 the attention due it there is no tree that will give more delicious 

 fruit. To the person who has tasted the luscious fruit no words 

 of praise are needed to make him appreciate the value of same. 



There is no fruit tree that can make as quick a return as the 

 Peach.. Give it reasonable attention, and in three years from 

 planting a fair crop may be gathered, a few the second year, 

 and the receipts from a good orchard are something of impor- 

 tance. Sometimes it overloads its branches with fruit, requiring 

 props, or far better for the owner who has the courage, to thin 

 the fruit and gain better Peaches both in size and color, for 

 which he will receive a much better price than the large quantity 

 of small inferior ones. 



Peaches will succeed on a great variety of soils. "Worn- 

 out" land and poor sandy soils, that would require years of care- 

 ful handling to produce a good crop of grain, can be readily 

 utilized for peach land, and is preferred to land that is stronger. 

 Improve the land after the trees are set. 



Starting with such land, I would proceed by first plowing and 

 pulverizing, then dig holes large enough to accommodate the 

 roots. Use the soil to cover the roots and tread ffrmly with the 

 foot. Leave three or four inches of the hole to be filled with 

 well-rotted manure or compost (if it contains wood ashes all the 

 better), then cover with any soil. This will be enough fertilizer 

 for the first year. Good cultivation must follow or failure will 

 result. 



For two or three years the land can be cultivated with other 

 crops, adding fertilizer to make them. After the first year broad- 

 cast and cultivate in plenty of good wood ashes or muriate of 

 potash and phosphoric acid. 



Seed with crimson clover and cowpeas the third year in 

 seventh month, turn under the fifth month of following year 

 and cultivate. Repeat this for several years and note the result. 

 If growth of wood and foliage get too strong, stop fertilizing and 

 cultivate only. 



On rich land that will produce 50 to 75 bushels of corn I 

 would use no manure around the trees, but some potash perhaps. 

 If cropping between the trees, would use fertilizer to make the 

 crop, but would watch the trees closely, and if I found them 

 hungry, would feed with phosphoric acid and potash in the shape 

 of muriate or kainit or wood ashes. 



Always b^ar in mind that overstimulated peach trees will be 

 sensitive to low temperature, fruit will be poor in color and more 

 subject to fungous diseases. Avoid cold, wet, low land. 



Whether planted in fall or spring, prune about the time the 

 tree starts growth. Prune to a switch, leaving no laterals, as the 

 tree will make all it ne3ds. 



Much might be said about the fruit and marketing, but this 

 would require a volume. The most important point is not to 

 allow a tree to overbear. JVever prop a limh to prevent hreaking, 

 hut thin the fruit. This will make better fruit and longer-lived 

 trees. 



Fruit should be graded and culls utilized without sending to 

 market, unless when very scarce. Plant good, trees in good 

 land, and success is only a matter of time. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW PEACH, RAY.— ^^^ Cut First Cover Page, 



R-ay. — This peach is of the Chinese strain, a remarkable grower ; so much so it is noticeable in the 

 nursery from other varieties. It ripens just after Troth's Early ; size of Belle of Georgia or Moore's Favor- 

 ite ; white flesh with red blush ; a good shipper. The original tree has borne IG successive crops without a 

 single miss, and the small orchard of 264 trees, budded from same tree, 7 years old, has borne 4 successive 

 crops that have netted over twenty-two hundred (.$2200) dollars. 



PRICE OF RAY PEACH TREES. 



Each. 



First-Class, XXX, 6 to 7 feet $0.40 



First-Class, XX, 5 to 7 feet 30 



First-Class, 5 to 6 feet 30 



First-Class, medium, 4 to 5 feet .24 



First-Class, light, 3 to 4 feet .20 



First-Class, branched, 2i/^ to 3 feet 16 



First-Class, June buds, li^ to 2 feet .16 



BUNCH OP 10 ONE-YEAR PEACH 

 TREES 



Dozen. 



Hundred. 



Thousand 



$4.00 



$18.00 



$160.00 



3.50 



16.00 



140.00 



3.00 



14.00 



120.00 



2.50 



12.00 



110.00 



2.00 



11.00 



100.00 



1.50 



9.00 



80.00 



1.50 



9.00 



80.00 



