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THE BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO.. YALESVILLE. CONN. 
THOROUGH CULTIVATION is of much more importance than fertilization, and is indis- 
oenslble to success After an orchard has reached bearing age its condition must be a 
firtniypr and cultivation The beginner will soon discover that on rich iana trees wain 
excessive^ dense' o^^^^^^^ not produce brilliant colored fruit of fine A/vor; but on poor 
irnHome of this luxuriant growth will be desirable and can be by liberal broad- 
a very low priced fertilizer. 
snRERS The best method of caring for the borers is as follows: Mound up with 
earth to the^eiSit of eighror ten inches during the month of June and leave 'n th>s condition 
tiU after Octc^^fr 1st. tfen withdraw the mound and if any borers are present (w^ 
be known by the gummy exudation filled with sawdust , dig them out with a knife or otner 
sharp pointed instrument. Coating bark with hme-sulphur wash before moundmg wm 
also help. ' 
MUCH MIGHT BE SAID 
about the fruit and mar- 
keting, but this would re- 
quire 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 influ- 
ence on the time of ripen- 
ing of the different varie- 
ties, but as a guide to our 
customers we have pre- 
pared the following list to 
show as nearly as possible 
the time and order in which 
the varieties usually begin 
to ripen in this latitude. 
Greensboro, July 25 
to August 1 ; Carman and 
Waddell, August 10 to 
1.5; Mountain Rose, Au- 
gust 2,5, Champion and 
Foster, September 1 to 5; 
Crawford's Early and Old 
Mixon, September 5 to 
10; Elberta and Stump. 
September 10 to 15; Be- 
quett Free and Crawfords 
Late, September 20 ; Chairs 
Choice, September 25 ;Fox 
and Smock, October 1, 
Stevens, October '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 
not always that the largest 
trees are the best. Medium 
sized trees are taken up 
This photograph illustrates the way we (jrade and bunch our Peach 
tr_>es. Bc'inning at the left. Fig. 1 shows our 2 to 3 ft. grade tied in bunch 
of 25. Fig 2. our 3 to 4 it., light, calipering just under 7-1 blh inch, 
tied in bunch of 25. Fig 3. our 3 to 4 ft. regular grade, calipcrmg 7- lb 
to * inch, tied in bunch of ten. Fig. 4, our i to 9-16 inch grade in bunch 
of ten Fig. 5. our 9-16 and up grade in bunch ot ten. Our two grades ol 
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. 
