Nursery Trees Should Have Good Reserve 
of Plant Food 
The New Jersey Peach Council, through 
state service contacts, checks as far as is 
possible the nutrient condition of the soil 
of the land on which the stock of trees is 
grown. When peach trees are grown on 
land deficient in one or more of the com¬ 
mon nutrients and are then planted on 
land that is also deficient in the same 
nutrients the trees are unlikely to grow 
well and a percentage may even die the 
first summer after planting. It is there¬ 
fore important for a commercial peach 
grower to purchase nursery trees that 
have stored up a good supply of all nu¬ 
trients in their tissues before they are dug 
for sale and distribution. 
Ca re in Digging and 
Even when nursery peach trees have 
been propagated upon good root stock 
and well grown, their value for planting 
can he seriously injured by careless dig¬ 
ging and handling. Drying out of the 
trees either at the time of digging, when 
Handl ing of Trees 
placed in the storehouse or when in tran¬ 
sit may when planted cause the trees to 
make a poor start and be more susceptible 
to injury by peach aphis, dry weather or 
a deficiency of one or more elements in 
the soil. 
Peach Tree Grades and Prices 
25 to 100 
100 to 250 
250 to 500 
500 to 1,000 
Over 1,000 
Grade 
trees 
trees 
trees 
trees 
trees 
24 to 3 feet. 
, . . . 24 cents 
22 cents 
20 cents 
18 cents 
16 cents 
3 to 4 feet. 
, . . . 30 cents 
28 cents 
26 cents 
24 cents 
22 cents 
4 to 5 feet. 
.... 30 cents 
28 cents 
26 cents 
24 cents 
22 cents 
Over 5 feet. 
28 cents 
26 cents 
24 cents 
22 cents 
Less than 25 trees, 50 cents each, all trees to he of the 3 to 4 foot grade or larger. 
Nectarine Tree Prices 
Grade 1 to 10 trees 10 to 25 trees Over 25 trees 
3 to 4 feet, or 4 to 5 feet and over. . $1.00 each 75 cents each Write for prices 
These prices include truck delivery to some central point in New Jersey, such as 
Moorestown, Hammonton, Glassboro, Freehold, or Lebanon, if the number of trees 
ordered makes such delivery practical. Trees may also be secured at the Princeton 
Nurseries, near Kingston, if the order has been accepted by the New Jersey Peach 
Council. Small shipments to distant points, including all orders for less than 25 trees, 
will he sent by express collect unless otherwise specified on the order blank. 
PLACING ORDERS 
All orders for trees should be sent to the New Jersey Peach Council, Inc., Box 
710, Princeton, New Jersey. Orders approved by the Peach Council will be turned over 
to the Princeton Nurseries with instructions to fill the order and make delivery as speci¬ 
fied on the order blank. A deposit ecpial to 10 per cent of the total cost of the trees 
is required with each order and the balance before delivery. Five per cent discount 
for cash with order. The grade specified in the order will he furnished unless the 
supply of trees of that grade is exhausted in wliich case another grade listed at the 
same price will lie substituted. 
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