This is the way Carman Peach trees produce fruit in our orchards at Berlin 
The Latest About Our 
Orchard 
E THOUGHT we made a killing wh 
netted us $25,838.84 in 1913, but ' 
last year. As this catalogue goes 
is not entirely over, but we are ex 
trees that last year bore sixty-two c 
in the regular six-basket Georgia cm 
brought us $3.00 to $3.50 per carrier, 
us $2.50 to $2.80. 
These peaches were packed with great care. 
. less than 100 acres, 
n better prices than 
3S from the orchard 
eked from the same 
lots all were packed 
_ & —_—j-_^s of peaches. These 
After deducting freight and icing charges, they netted 
They were graded into three sizes, and 
packed into the baskets after the baskets were put in the carriers, observing the regular three-tier, or 
two-and-a-half-tier, pack. The peaches are packed to suit the requirements of the market to which they 
are sent. We sell to large dealers we are acquainted with in northern cities. Few peaches are sent out 
without ice. We aim to pick them after the dew is dried, when they are sunny and clean, and get them into 
the cold cars as quickly as possible. 
You probably will remember the story published in this catalogue last year, of how the 1912 crop 
was almost destroyed in this same orchard. That year we thought to save work by doing little spraying. 
Before we knew what was happening, the damage was so great that not only was the fruit gone, but the 
twigs and buds were injured, and the orchard looked as though fire had swept through it. The next spring 
we began a campaign to prevent this from occurring again. The Maryland Agricultural College helped us 
with advice and personal direction when we needed it. A “dormant” spraying before the leaves came 
out, with regular lime-sulphur solution, was followed with four other sprayings, beginning just before the 
blossom-petals had fallen, and covering the entire time with sprayings at intervals of about fifteen days 
to three weeks or so before the fruit got ripe. Self-boiled lime-sulphur was the main spray used in these 
four applications, with arsenate of lead (two pounds to fifty gallons of water) added to the first two for 
control of curculio, etc. These five sprayings kept the trees covered all summer. The result was that very 
few fruits had any rot, in spite of the fact that the rot-spores were waiting around by the million to get 
in their work. We harvested a flawless crop, and received a gross amount of $35,165.53 for it. The 
expenses of the orchard that year, including all spraying, cultivating, pruning, etc., were $9,326.69, leaving 
$25,838.84 net profit. That was in 1913. As we said in the beginning, the 1914 crop is bringing even 
better prices than the 1913 crop. In 1914, we sprayed thoroughly, but not so many times as in 1913. 
WT TT TTAMO 1 ? ADI V DFTI A DDT This splendid fruit ripens in August and 
W JL j£CJubJl/ 2a.IT JL JUlA. September, just when buyers are hungry 
--7-7—— -—-■ f or fj-esh Apples. The color and quality of 
this Apple puts it in the class that makes the money. For full description see page 21, and for prices see page 17 . 
