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HARRISON’S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 
THE PEACH. 
In the Peach excellence and beauty are combined, and if given 
the attention due it there is no tree that will give more delicious 
fruit. To the person who has tasted the luscious fruit no words 
of praise are needed to make him appreciate the value of same. 
There is no fruit tree that ctin make as quick a return as the 
Peach. Give it reasonable attention, and in three years from 
planting a fair crop may be gathered, a few the second year, 
and the receipts from a good orchard are something of impor¬ 
tance. Sometimes it overloads its branches with fruit, requiring 
props, or far better for the owner who has the courage, to thin 
the fruit and gain better Peaches both in size and color, for 
which he will receive a much better price than the large quantity 
of small inferior ones. 
Peaches will succeed on a great variety of soils. “Worn- 
out” land and poor sandy soils, that would require years of care¬ 
ful handling to produce a good crop of grain, can be readily 
utilized for peach land, and is preferred to land that is stronger. 
Improve the land after the trees are set. 
Starting with such land, I would proceed by first plowing and 
pulverizing, then dig holes large enough to accommodate the 
roots. Use the soil to cover the roots and tread firmly with the 
foot. Leave three or four inches of the hole to be filled with 
well-rotted manure or compost (if it contains wood ashes all the 
better), then cover with any soil. This will be enough fertilizer 
for the first year. Good cultivation must follow or failure will 
result. 
For two or three years the land can be cultivated with other 
crops, adding fertilizer to make them. After the first year broad¬ 
cast and cultivate in plenty of good wood ashes or muriate of 
potash and phosphoric acid. 
Seed with crimson clover and cowpeas the third year in 
seventh month, turn under the fifth month of following year 
and cultivate. Repeat this for several years and note the result. 
If growth of wood and foliage get too strong, stop fertilizing and 
cultivate only. 
On rich land that will produce 50 to 75 bushels of corn I 
would use no manure around the trees, but some potash perhaps. 
If cropping between the trees, would use fertilizer to make the 
crop, but would watch the trees closely, and if I found them 
hungry, would feed with phosphoric acid and potash in the shape 
of muriate or kainit or wood ashes. 
Always bear in mind that overstimulated peach trees will be 
sensitive to low temperature, fruit will be poor in color and more 
subject to fungous diseases. Avoid cold , wet, low land. 
Whether planted in fall or spring, prune about the time the 
tree starts growth. Prune to a switch, leaving no laterals, as the 
tree will make all it needs. 
Much might be said about the fruit and marketing, but this 
would require a volume. The most important point is not to 
allow a tree to overbear.. Never prop a limb to prevent breaking , 
but thin the fruit. This will make better fruit and longer-lived 
trees. 
Fruit should be graded and culls utilized without sending to 
market, unless when very scarce. Plant good trees in good 
land, and success is only a matter of time. 
BUNCH OP 10 ONE-YEAR PEACH 
TREES 
DESCRIPTION OP THE NEW PEACH, RAY .—See Cut First Cover Page. 
Ray.—This peach is of the Chinese strain, a remarkable grower; so much so it is noticeable in the 
nursery from other varieties. It ripeiis just after Troth’s Early; size of Belle of Georgia or Moore’s Favor¬ 
ite ; white flesh with red blush; a good shipper. The original tree has borne 16 successive crops without a 
single miss, and the small orchard of 264 trees, budded from same tree, 7 years old, has borne 4 successive 
crops that have netted over twenty-two hundred ($2200) dollars. 
PRICE OF RAY 
First-Class, XXX, 6 to 7 feet. 
First-Class, XX, 5 to 7 feet.. 
First-Class, 5 to 6 feet... 
First-Class, medium, 4 to 5 feet. 
First-Class, light, 3 to 4 feet.. t 
First-Class, branched, 2 y 2 to 3 feet. 
First-Class, June buds, 1% to 2 feet.:. 
PEACH TREES. 
Each. 
Dozen. 
Hundred. 
Thousand. 
$0.40 
$4.00 
$18.00 
$160.00 
.30 
3.50 
16.00 
140.00 
.30 
3.00 
14.00 
120.00 
.24 
2.50 
12.00 
110.00 
.20 
2.00 
11.00 
100.00 
.16 
1.50 
9.00 
80.00 
.16 
1.50 
9.00 
80.00 
