Reid’s Nurseries — Catalogue of Small Fruits, Etc. 
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Peaches. 
The Peach tree requires a well-drained, moderately rich soil ; a warm, sandy loam is probably best. To 
preserve the continued healthy growth of the trees and the fine quality of the fruit, the trees should have the 
shoots and branches shortened every year, so as to preserve a round, vigorous head with plenty of young wood; 
and the land should not be seeded to grass, but kept in constant cultivation in hoed crops. 
Unleached wood ashes and pure ground bone are the best fertilizers. 
lorentz peaches. {Photographed from the fruit ; half natural size. 
LORENTZ. 
A seedling discovered in Marshall Co., W. Va., and which we carefully watched several years before decid- 
ing to offer to the public. We are now moie than ever convinced that this is something better than has ever been 
offered for a Peach so late in the season. We have never known it to fail a crop in the most adverse seasons, 
and believe it as near frost-proof as any variety yet introduced. It bears crops when others fail entirely. Fruit 
is unusually large and of a superior flavor, especially for one so late in the season. It is a freestone, yellow- 
fleshed, and its handsome appearance has been a surprise to all who have seen it. It bears enormously, one 
foot of wood cut for photographing having as many as 25 peaches on, and frequently requires thinning from over- 
production. We feel confident this is the best late Peach ever introduced ; does not crack, is very firm, keeps 
well, and is a fine shipper, at prices double thoseobtained for any other late Peach on the market. We have a large 
demand for the trees where known, and as the stock is somewhat limited, would advise patrons to order early. 
Opinions from the Horticultural Press. 
LORENTZ PEACH. — The specimens alluded to came to hand in good condition. The Peaches have a yellow skin, some of 
them showing considerable red at the blossom end or on one cheek. The variety is of medium large size, a freestone, yellow- 
fleshed, and of a quality equal to and excelling the average late Peach. The suture mark shows plainly on one side, and most 
of them have the peculiar Melocotontip (Crawford). If it does as well for others as for Mr. Reid, it should be a valuable addition 
to the list. E. S. Carman, Editor Rural New-Yorker. 
We have received from Mr. E. W. Reid, the well-known nurseryman of Bridgeport, O., a basket of the Lorentz Peach. They 
were sampled, and found to be all that was claimed for them, so far as quality was concerned. When Reid says Peaches are 
good, we are ready to believe it. ' Axtei.l, Rush & Co., 
Editors of National Stockman and Fawner, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Price, first-class, 50 cents each, $5 per doz., $25 p**r 100 ; medium, 40 cents each, $4 per doz., $20 per 100; 
second-class, 25 cents each, $2 50 per doz., $15 per 100. 
