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Reid’s Nurseries — Catalogue of Small Fruits, Etc. 
Fruit Trees. 
SPECIAL NOTICE.— We call your special attention to our line of nursery stock. Many of you, no doubt, 
know how often the people are robbed and humbugged by agents, who call upon you, saying they represent a 
certain firm, when they do not ; they buy their stock wherever they can buy the lowest, and charge you double 
rates for stock which is nothing but culls and common varieties. We have placed our rates as low as any firm 
which has a reputation at stake, and we will protect the grower and give him just what he buys. 
PREPARATIONS FOR PLANTING. 
Plow and subsoil repeatedly, so as to pulverize thoroughly to a depth of 12 to 18 inches. When planting on 
the lawn or grass plots, remove the sod for a diameter of four to five feet, and keep this space well worked and 
free from weeds. Dig the hole deeper and larger than is necessary to admit all the roots 111 their natural posi- 
tion keeping the surface and subsoil separate. Cut off broken and bruised roots and shorten the tops to half a 
dozen good buds, except for fall planting, when it is better to defer top-pruning until the following spring. If 
not prepared to plant when your stock arrives, “heel-in,” by digging a trench deep enough to admit all the 
roots and setting the trees therein as they can stand, carefully packing the earth about the roots, taking up 
when required. Never leave the roots exposed to the sun and air, and puddle before planting. 
PLANTING. 
Fill up the hole with surface soil, so that the tree will stand about as it did in the nursery after the earth was 
settled except Dwarf Pears, which should be planted deep enough to cover the Quince stock upon which they 
are budded two or three inches. Work the soil thoroughly among the roots, and when well covered tramp 
firmly Set the tree firm as a post, but leave the surface filling (of poorer soil) light and loose. No staking will 
be required except for very tall trees. Never let manure come in contact with the roots. 
DISTANCES FOR PLANTING. 
Standard Apples 
Standard Pears and strong-growing Cherries . . 
Duke and Morello Cherries 
Standard Plums, Apricots, Peaches, Nectarines 
Dwarf Pears ' • • • 
Dwarf Apples 
Grapes . 
Currants and Gooseberries 
Raspberries and Blackberries 
Strawberries, for field-culture 
Strawberries, for garden-culture 
rows 10 to 16 feet apart, 
30 feet apart each way. 
20 “ 
18 “ “ 
16 to 18 
10 to 12 “ “ 
10 to 12 “ 
7 to 16 feet in rows. 
3 to 4 feet apart. 
3 to 4 by 5 to 7 feet apart. 
1 to 1 'A by 3 to 3% ft. apart. 
1 to 2 feet apart. 
NOTE. — A most excellent way in planting an apple-orchard 30 feet apart is to plant peaches in between. 
By the time the apples require the ground the peaches will have passed their prime, and can be removed. 
NUMBER OF TREES TO AN ACRE. 
30 feet apart each away 
25 “ 
20 
18 
15 
12 
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70 
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135 
205 
300 
10 feet apart each way 
8 '• 
6 
5 
4 
3 
1,210 
i,742 
2,723 
4,840 
RULE. — Multiply the distance in feet between the rows by the distance the plants are apart in the rows, 
and the product will be the number of square feet for each plant or hill ; which, divided into the number of feet 
in an acre (43,560), will give the number of trees to an acre. 
WEIGHT OF TREES AND PLANTS, PACKED. 
Fruit trees 
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Grape vines 
Currants 
Gooseberries 
Blackberries 
Red Raspberries. . . 
Black Raspberry tips 
Strawberries 
5 to 7 feet, weight about too pounds to 100 trees. 
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SEEDLINGS. 
In order to meet the demand from many of our patrons for seedlings for propagation, we offer the following 
list of the best imported stocks : 
Apple seedlings 5 to 7 millimetres, $1.00 per 100 
Pear “ 5 to 7 “ 1.50 " “ 
Plum “ 5 to 7 “ 1.25 “ “ 
