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THE BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO.. YALESVILLE, CONN. 
excessively dense foliage will not produce brilliant colored fruit of fine flavor; but on poor 
land some of this luxuriant growth will be desirable and can be induced by liberal broad- 
cast application of fertilizer. Phosphoric acid, potash and clover are best for light or 
sandy land, which is usually deficient in potash. We have found wood ashes to be the 
most complete fertilizer for Peach trees, but would recommend for almost all soils a mix- 
ture of 1,500 pounds hieh grade dissolved South Carolina rock and 500 pounds muriate of 
potash, applied broadcast, at the rate of 1,000 pounds per acre. This mixture will analyze 
about 10 per cent phosphoric acid and 12* per cent, potash, and cost about 820 per ton. 
BORERS may easily be prevented by removing the soil from around the collar of the 
trees in early spring and washing the trunk from root to branches with a preparation made 
as follows; Prepare lime as for ordinary whitewash. To one gallon of this add half a pint 
of gas tar, one pound of whale oil soap and one quart of clay or loam. Mix thoroughly 
and apply vnth a stiff brush. 
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. Thin the fruit to make it 
better and the trees longer-lived. 
ORDER OF RIPENING. Differences in seasons, soil, location, culture and age of trees 
all have their influence on the time of ripening of the different varieties, but as a guide to 
our customers we have prepared the following list to show as nearly as possible the time 
and order in which the varieties usually begin to ripen in this latitude. 
Sneed and Greensboro, July 25 to Aug. 1 ; Alexander and Triumph, Aug. 
4 to 6; Carman and 
Waddell, Aug. 10 to 15; 
Mountain Rose, Aug. 25; 
Champion, Foster and Gar- 
field, Sept. 1 to 5; Craw- 
ford's Early, Connecticut, 
Reeves' and Oldmixon, 
Sept. 10; Elberta, Prolific, 
Fitzgerald, Crosby, Globe 
and Stump, about Sept. 
15; Emma, Bequett Free, 
and Crawford's Late, Sept. 
20; Chair's Choice, Sept, 
25; Fox and Smock, Oct. 
1; Stevens, Oct. 5. This 
is approximately the time 
that the varieties begin to 
ripen and their period of 
ripening lasts from one to 
three weeks. 
SMALL TREES. It is 
a mistake to think that 
the largest trees are the 
best. Medium-sized trees 
are taken up with plenty 
of roots — nearly all the 
roots the tree ever had — 
and are not seriously 
checked when transplant- 
ed. Of course, we do not 
recommend a poor, little, 
unhealthy tree, but a 
thrifty, medium-sized tree, 
ready for business. 
LARGE PLANTERS, and 
those at a distance, will 
find that there is a great 
economy in medium-sized 
trees. Of course, they do 
not look so large when 
first planted, but when 
bearing time comes the 
little fellows will have 
grown fully as large as 
others, and will be ready 
for work. 
This photograph illustrates the way we Hradc and bunch our 1 each 
trees. Beginning at the left, Fiji. 1 shows our 2 to 3 ft. Rrade tied in bunch 
of 25. Fia 2, our 3 to 4 it,, lik'ht. calipermK )ust under 7-H)th inch, 
tied in bunch of 25. Fig 3, our 3 to 4 ft. regular grade cahpermg 7-16 
to i inch, tied in bunch of ten. Fig. 4. our i to 9-16 inch grade m bunch 
of ten Fig. 5. our 9-16 and up grade in bunch of ten. Our two grades of 
3 to 4 ft. trees are fully as good as the ■' seconds of other firms. Notice 
how evenly each grade runs. We grade our trees almost entirely by caliper 
instead of he'ght. 
