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HOW TO BUY GOOD TREES 
Peach Trees. 
One-year peach trees are usually di- 
vided Into three $lzes: The XXX Size 
which Is usually 4 to 6 feet tall and 9, 16 
to 11/16 Inch and up In diameter. The 
XX Size. usuaUy 4 to 5 feet tall and 7/16 
to 9/16 Inch In diameter; and the X Size. 
usuaUy 2 to 4 feet tall and 3/8 to 7/16 
Inch In diameter. It Is Important that 
the tree should have heavy, stronn roots 
and low head. If branches have all been 
pruned off of the lower 2 feet of the 
trunk In the nursery. It will be difbcult 
to develop a low-headed tree. The wood 
should be firm and well matured and 
the trees should be allowed to stand In 
the nursery until they drop their leaves. 
It is not advisable to dig the peach trees 
from the nursery before the middle of 
October. 
The roots are the most Important part 
of a peach tree. The top Is usually cut 
oD 12 to 18 Inches above the ground and 
side branches cut oR about two Inches 
from the trunk leaving a good sound 
bud on the underside of the end of the 
■tub. 
Peach trees from the nursery are gen- 
erally one-year old; one-year tops and 
two-year roots as shown above. 
trees from the South?' or 'from 
the North?' or from some other 
section which the writer spec- 
fies. To such inquiries reply is 
habitually made to the effect 
that the section is unimportant 
so long as well-grown, healthy 
trees which are typical of the 
desired varieties are obtained, 
and that the growing of good 
trees depends upon favorable 
conditions and proper manage- 
ment in the nursery. These 
factors are not peculiar to any 
particular section or sections. 
"The inherent qualities of 
a variety do not change when 
the trees are grown in different 
sections of the country. If the 
variety is hardy, it will continue 
to be so; if it is susceptible to 
some disease, it is not made less 
so by growing the tree during its 
nursery period in some particu- 
lar region." 
Professor P. C. Sears, M. S., 
Professor of Pomology, Massa- 
chusetts Agricultural College, 
states the matter very clearly in 
"Productive Orcharding;" "The 
argument of 'acclimated nursery 
stock' has certainly been over- 
worked. Apparently the tree has 
the ability during the first grow- 
ing season to entirely adapt it- 
self to the new surroundings. 
But whatever the scientific ex- 
planation may be, the writer is 
thoroughly convinced of the facfc 
that it makes little or no differ- 
ence where the tree was grown 
so far as climatic conditions are 
concerned. What does make a 
difference is having good, 
thrifty stock." Prof. Sears is a 
practical orchardist, and he 
answers another very pointed 
question: 
"What Price ShaU We Pay?" 
Enough to insure well-grown 
and well-packed stock. There is 
no economy in stock which is 
cheap in both price and quality. 
On the other hand, there is no 
use in paying the prices that are 
frequently asked. Of course, it 
is assumed that any man who 
