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JOSEPH H. BLACK, SON & CO. 
PEACH TREES 
SUPERIOR QUALITY 
because 
We grow them on ground never used for orchards and not for nursery for 
twelve years. This takes a lot of ground but it pays you. The Peach Seed are 
from the mountains of Tennessee where they grow wild and live to be very old. 
These seed are stratified in sand before planting and only the kernels are 
planted. This method insures the best possible root system. 
Buds are taken from healthy trees only. 
They are dug with a tractor digger and have fully matured before being dug. 
Our list of varieties include only such kind as are profitable for market and 
best for home use. 
Soils best adapted for growing peaches are: Sand, Sandy Loam, Gravel, Clay- 
Loam with sand or gravel subsoil, or well drained shale. 
Location of orchards should be carefully considered. The soil must be na¬ 
turally or artificially well drained and a north or west slope is preferable to a 
southern exposure. 
Planting Distances depend some upon the nature of the soil. We seldom rec¬ 
ommend planting closer than 18x18 feet which takes 135 trees per acre. On very 
rich sandy loam we prefer 20x20 and it takes 110 trees per acre. 
Pruning. —Cut back when planting large trees to 24 inches and small trees to 
12 inches and cut off all branches. Never fail to cut them back, as they do not 
do well unless you do. Allow three branches only to grow, selecting them so 
they will form a good shaped tree. In future years cut back all young growth at 
least two-thirds of the growth and keep the inside of the tree open and the top 
rather low. As the trees get older renew the main branches by dehorning one. 
Each 
Per 10 
Per 100 
5 to 7 
ft., extra large and heavy .. 
.$.50 
$4.00 
^ M 
4 to 6 
ft., 9-16 inch caliper . 
.35 
3.00 
$17.00 
V /2 to 5 
ft., first-class . 
.30 
2.50 
15.00 
3 to 4 
ft., medium .. 
.25 
2.00 
12.50 
2 to 3 
ft., some branches . 
.20 
1.50 
10.00 
By Parcel Post, cut back ready to plant, 
at above 
prices, postage C.O.D. 
Varieties Named in Order of Ripening 
Maulek Early. —Red with skin almost entirely covered with red, medium, fair 
quality, half cling and the earliest of all peaches. Its extreme earliness, hardi¬ 
ness in bud (never missing a crop) and fine in color, make it a very desirable 
market variety. 
Cumberland. — A seedling of Belle 
crossed with Greensboro. Large oval, 
white-fleshed, usually free. Ripens a 
few days before Carman. Recom¬ 
mended as a variety to precede the 
Carman season. 
Golden Jubilee. —Without question the 
Golden Jubilee is the best peach of 
recent introduction. 
This variety was propagated by 
cross-pollenization by the New Jersey 
Experimental Station and this is what 
they say about it. It is similar to El- 
berta in tree habit and form and ap¬ 
pearance of the fruit. It is essentially 
an early Elberta. 
It is certainly a fine, early, yellow 
freestone, ripening at a time which 
assures it a splendid market. 
Golden Jubilee 
