THE BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO., YALESVILLE, CONN. 
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A Fe-w Hints on tKe Successful Growing of tKe PeacK 
The growing of Peach Trees is our specialty. We fully believe that our combination 
of soil and methods of handhng taken together produce a tree of the vtry best character 
either for the orchard man to plant or for the purposes of the fruit garden. That our trees 
prove out" satisfactorily we are bound to believe from the character of our orders from 
those who best know how to plant. 
Peaches come into bearing so soon and there is such an unlimited demand for the fruit 
that the enormous plantings of commercial Peach orchards still continue. MiUions of 
trees have been planted m recent years, and the supply of nursery grown stock is not suffi- 
cient to keep up with the demand. New York and Connecticut are becoming large Peach 
producers. With the hardier varieties now propagated it is possible to grow Peaches suc- 
cesstully m almost any section. Clean culture, annual pruning, and frequent examination 
for borers are the requisites for success. By careful thinning to get large and perfect spec- 
imens, there seems to be a profitable place for all home grown fruit 
View op OUR Office, Packing akd Storage Buildings. 
Colony Street, the macadamized street passing our buildings was formerly known as the " Old Colony 
Road " between New Haven and Hartford, used by the first settlers of the state. ^ 
OUR TREES ARE GROWN from the best obtainable seed and we take every possible pre- 
caution to produce trees that are healthy and true to name 
HINTS ON SOIL AND CARE OF TREES.- Peaches can be grown on a great variety of soils 
with varying success; but m selecting an orchard site we prefer one that has lain idle for 
years with soil both dry and strong. If the soil is not fertile to start with, it can be enriched 
as the trees grow. Land that will produce fifty bushels of corn per acre would, with thorough 
cultivation bring a Peach orchard to a bearing age in vigorous condition. Worn out land 
can be made profitable Peach land, if a liberal use is made of wood ashes, or a mixture of 
ground animal bone and muriate of potash. Land of intermediate fertility should be 
treated as the condition requires, using more or less fertilizer as may be needed to induce a 
moderate wood growth. ^ 
DISTANCE OF PLANTING must be governed by local conditions. On rich, heavy soil- 
trees should be planted 18 feet apart: on average land, 16 by 18 feet is about right, while 
?M o„ ^" J*" ^'^'^^ too close. A few orchard men are planting 10 by 18 
and U)t)y 20 and after getting one or two crops cutting out every other 10 foot tree this 
crops"*' maturing trees ample space to develop in as well as doubling the yield of' first 
'^a',? '.MPORTANT that the young trees should be properly pruned at the time of plant- 
t'^- ^''^'^ branches should be cut back to within a half-inch of the main stem this stem 
Itself being cut back at about two-thirds the distance from the ground. Small trees should 
be pruned to a whip, cutting back the stem very nearly one-half the way to the ground 
Afterward all sprouts should be removed except just what are wanted for the now top of 
the tree. After this it will be necessary to prevent the tops getting too dense, as a result 
from using too much manure or too severe pruning, by thinning out part of the new growth 
