HARRISONS' NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 



Peaches. 



This is one of our specialties. We grow them by the million. The peach 

 tree requires a well drained, moderately rich soil, a warm sandy loam is proba- 

 bly best. To preserve the continued healthy growth of the trees and the fruit 

 the trees should have the shoots and branches shortened every year, so as to 

 preserve a round and vigorous head with plenty of young wood, and the land 

 should not de seeded to grass, but kept in constant cultivation in hoed crops. 



Unleached wood ashed and pure gi'ound bone are the best fertilizers. 



GREENSBORO. 



Greensboro Peach.— Larger and Earlier than Alexander. Colored beau- 

 uifully with crimson or yellowish cast. Many specimens measuring 8 to 9 

 inches in circumference. Flavor pronounced by some equal to an August 

 X)each. Originated from seed of the Connefs Southern Early. 



Fine Peaches — Some of the finest peaches seen in many a day were left at 

 this office today by W. G. Balsley. They were very large fully ripe, the taste 

 reminding one of the '"old fashioned peaches'' of long a 2:0. 



Mr. Balsley planted a seed of Connet's Southern Early four years ago. This 

 year the tree bore its first fruit, there being at least 5 bushels on it. 



They commence to ripen about the 20th of June. On the tree were two ex- 

 ceptionally large, while all of them are larger than are generally seen. The 

 flavor is excellent there being scarcely any skin or pealing, and what there is, 

 is easily skinned or pealed off with the finger. 



