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allow free circulation of air and light. In preparing orchard land, plow deep, and if necessary, 
subsoil. Strawberries are best to grow between the rows in a young peach orchard. They 
bring good returns. 
In the following list Freestone varieties have (F.) following their names, Semi-cling, (S.C.), 
and Clingstones have the word "Cling" as part of their name. Descriptions are arranged, as 
near as possible, in the order of ripening, the earliest first, etc. 
PRICES OF PEACH TREES EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE NOTED 
Height Each 10 100 1000 
6 to 12 in $0.13 $1.25 $3.00 $30.00 
1 to 2 ft 16 1.50 8.00 70.00 
2 to 3 ft 17 1.60 10.00 90.00 
3 to 4 ft 18 1.75 12.00 110.00 
4 to 6 ft 19 1.80 14.00 130.00 
APPLES 
The Apple has been exalted to its rightful position as "King of all Fruits", which position 
none would dare to take from it. The first fruit, both in importance and general culture, is 
the apple. Its period of ripening, unlike that of other fruits, extends nearly or quite through 
the year. 
Apple growing has always been a specialty in our nurseries. In selecting the most im- 
portant varieties for cultivation, it has been our constant aim to secure those of standard 
excellence, and in no instance to recommend a new variety without either testing it ourselves, 
or ascertaining its history from a reliable source. 
The production of apples in the United States in the year 1896 amounted to 67,000,000 
barrels. The crop has steadily decreased every year since until it amounted to only 35,000,000 
barrels in 1910, and during this time the apple consuming population of the country has 
increased over 20,000,000. For the above reasons the apple orchard industry is sure to be 
immensely important and profitable for the future. 
Mr. R. M. Dillon, of Orange County, Indiana, sold $161.00 worth of apples from three 
trees, to say nothing of what his family of seven children ate for a month. 
Miss Grace Taylor, of Douglas, Mich., says: "From 225 trees that bore apples this year 
were harvested 900 barrels of fruit, one tree yielding fourteen barrels. The value of the crop 
was $4,000.00." 
APPLE VS. ORANGE GROWING 
The apple eating populace of our large cities realize, if they eat fancy apples, that they 
are compelled to pay fancy prices. The retail price for fancy apples in the larger cities this 
year has been 10 cts. each. They do not go begging at this price either. Consumers of apples 
have learned that there is quality in apples as well as in other commodities. The quality rules 
the price. It is just as easy to grow apples of good quality as it is to produce poor ones, and 
to grow good ones the profit is over doubled. Hut it seems that it is taking a long time to con- 
vert growers to this fact. 
Consumers think that they are paying a big price for oranges at 30 to 40 cts. per dozen. 
We pay 30 to 40 cts. per dozen for oranges, but rarely more. It may seem obvious to the 
reader, but it is a fact that fancy apples bring twice as much as oranges, and sometimes even 
more, and that investors would do well to consider commercial apple growing from a business 
point of view. There are thousands of people who live in the very midst of the very best unde- 
veloped apple lands who have their minds fixed on orange growing, yet fail to realize that they 
