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Plant Early—Just as Early as Frost is Out of Ground 
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS. At the 
time of planting, either before or shortly 
after, cut back all limbs of the peach 
trees to 1 inch from the stem, and cut 
the main leader back to about one-half 
It* length. This will make a new, well 
shaped top. Plant peach trees 1 fix 16 or 
18x18 feet apart. The planting of the 
*rees is very simple. Dig large holes, al¬ 
ways fill out with good top soil, set the 
peach tree so deep that the bud just 
above the root will stand an inch or so 
below the surface of the ground, then 
e ve plenty of water, and your peach tree 
planted. 
Peach trees bring quick returns; they 
usually make a nice crop after 2 or 3 
years, and there are no peaches as good 
as those you grow right at home. The 
trees do not take much space--there is 
room in every garden or farm orchard to 
plant a few peach trees. For the Middle 
West we recommend Fitzgerald, Cham¬ 
pion, J. H. Hale, Alexander, and Sage. 
These are the hardiest varieties of all the 
budded peaches. Our peach trees are 
grown on upland, without irrigation; they 
are healthy, hardy stock. You will have 
good results from them. 
Champion Peach, note size of Peaches compared with 
Orange on top. 
Price of Peach Trees; 
In lots of 
1 10 25 
I to 3 ft. trees, postpaid..Each, $0.25 $0.20 $0.18 
8 to 4 ft. trees, postpaid.Each, .30 .28 .25 
4 to 5 ft. trees, not postpaid.. .Each, .35 .30 .28 
I to 6 ft. trees, not postpaid.. .Each, .45 .40 .35 
J. H. Hale. Freestone. About the largest there is, an* 
the quality is excellent. Smooth, large, yellow with 
carmine. Flesh dark yellow, firm. May be plant*# 
safely as far north as the southern half of Nebrask* 
and Iowa. Some fine Hale peaches are grown i*s 
this locality. Ripens in August. 
We pay the freight on all shipments of trees con¬ 
taining $12.00 or more worth of trees or shrubs. If 
you do not need that much in nursery stock, see your 
neigh Dors, send in a club order, save the freight, and 
get a premium free. See our Club Order offer, page 1. 
Alexander. Clingstone. Medium size, almost red. 
Flesh white, tender. Juicy, very hardy. There are 
some fine Alexander Early growing in this vicinity. 
Hardy here. Ripen middle of July. 
Champion. Freestone. A white-meated peach 
of medium size, one of the hardiest in exist¬ 
ence, and about as good a peach as can be 
grown in the Middle West. If Champion does 
not satisfy, there is no use trying another va¬ 
riety. In hardiness the Fitzgerald is just as 
good. The latter is a yellow freestone of the 
same size as Champion. Ripens here in Au¬ 
gust. 
Bokara No. 3. Freestone. Fruit large, red with yel¬ 
low cheek, skin tough, flesh of good quality. A good 
peach for any place in the corn belt, and hardy. 
Ripens in September. 
Crawford’s Early. Freestone. An excellent market 
variety. Large, yellow and red cheek. Flesh yellow 
and sweet. A good bearer. Ripens in August. 
Clberta. Freestone. Probably the most popular mar¬ 
ket variety, and planted in large numbers in the 
southern orchards. Exceptionally large, with red 
cheek, flesh yellow, firm. Good quality. We can 
hardly recommend Elberta for Nebraska, Kansas 
and Iowa, for good and regular bearing. 
Heath Cling. Clingstone. Large and round, whit* 
juicy, fine quality. The best peach for pickles. Res 
sonably hardy here. Ripens in October. 
Mayflower. Semi-Cling. The earliest white-flesh*# 
peach on the market. Good size and good quality 
beautiful red color. Does well as far north as tb«* 
southern half of Nebraska. Ripe July 1st. 
Rochester. Freestone. Large, yellow, sweet, fin* 
flavor. Skin is pretty blushed. A money maker for 
the commercial orchard. Hardy up to the south 
ern half of Nebraska and Iowa. Ripens here middl* 
of August. 
Sage. Freestone. Originated here in Beatrice; 
a chance seedling. The tree is a vigorous 
grower, healthy and very hardy, bears well. 
Fruit good size, about the same as the El¬ 
berta, dark yellow with a deep crimson blush, 
making it very attractive. Flesh yellow, very 
firm, juicy and of excellent quality; as good 
as the best. The main advantage over other 
peaches is the time of ripening, which is about 
the 1st of October. At that time all regular 
canning peaches are gone, the weather is cool, 
the ladies will tell you that it is much easier 
to can peaches when the kitchen is not so 
hot as in the summer. We have only about 
400 Sage peach trees on hand, they are from 
4 to 6 feet high, and as long as our stock 
lasts we will sell them for 65c per tree, pre¬ 
paid. This is a bargain price for a Sage 
peach. 
Early Elberta. Freestone. About the same as the 
common Elberta, but ripens ten days earlier, when 
yellow-meated freestone peaches are scarce, there¬ 
fore a most profitable market variety in the South 
and East. 
Fitzgerald. Freestone. This is as hardy a yellow free¬ 
stone peach as we have. The fruit is of medium 
size, and fine quality. Any place in the Middle West 
or wherever a peach tree must be hardy, plant Fitz¬ 
gerald. Champion. Bokara or Sage. August. 
Peach Seedlings 
They do not come true to any variety and must be 
budded if they are expected to make good beariag 
trees. But for windbreaks, these common Peach Seed¬ 
lings are fine, they grow fast, and a fair part of the 
peach crop can be used. Our seedlings are from 1 % 
to 3 feet in size. Price, 10c each; 10 for 80c; 25 for 
$1.75; 100 for $5.00, postpaid. 
