R.B. BUCHANAN SEED CQ 9 $* MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE. 
Elberta 
mm 
Belle of Georgia 
Red Delicious 
Second 
Cut 
First Cut 
^Final Cut 
Prevents Stripping 
Pruning Fruit Trees 
Pruning is done at any convenient time from De¬ 
cember 1st until spring growth begins, except during 
freezing weather. Spraying in winter will be easier 
if the pruning has been done first. 
PEACHES—In the peach we desire a rather open 
center, so that light may enter freely. June-budded 
trees when first planted are headed back to 18-20 
inches, if branches below this point are rightly dis¬ 
tributed and have strong buds. Three to five of these 
branches are selected, the others pruned close to the 
trunk. The selected ones are cut back to two or 
three buds. Two-year-old nursery trees with branches 
starting not over three feet from the ground should 
not be cut below this point. 
We wish an open center; hence during the winter 
following the first year’s growth we remove new 
branches that run to the center. The principal side 
limbs chosen the first year are retained, but cut 
back to 24-30 inches. Suckers from the root or from the lower trunk are removed. 
The trees may bear a little fruit during the next summer. Study the trees to 
distinguish between fruit and leaf buds. Leaye a dozen or more 15-18 inch shoots 
with fruit buds, whether they are in the center of the tree or not. Prune out large 
limbs running to the center. Head back to lateral shoots the principal out limbs, 
especially those that are greatly outgrowing the others. 
By the third year peach trees will vary so much in size and condition that directions 
for pruning are of little value. After trees reach heavy bearing, less pruning is 
needed, because they grow more slowly. 
APPLES—Apple varieties vary greatly in shape of tree and habit of growth and 
we can not adopt exactly the same plan of pruning for all of them. In contrast 
to the peach, however, we do not aim to work an open center, but toward a leader 
from which at intervals strong side branches spring. In unpruned trees this leader 
may run up to 25 feet, but we intend to stop it at 8 or 10 feet. In order to force 
side branches from this leader, we prune it back a little each year, but always 
leave it longer than any of its competitors. Generally we wish the first side branches 
on an apple tree to start out around 24 to 30 inches from the ground level. Five 
or more may be retained in the young tree, if they are well distributed around and 
up and down the trunk. 
For the first few years we aim to cut out crossing and rubbing limbs, keep the 
central leader ahead of the other shoots, correct bad crotches. Pruning of old apple 
trees that are healthy is chiefly a thinning out of dense growths. Care must be 
taken in this work that bark of large limbs is not exposed to full sunlight, as it may 
then be badly injured by sunburn, which kills and loosens the bark. 
APPLE TREES 
All Prices on This Page Prepaid 
FIRST CLASS—4 to 5 feet: Each, 45c; 5 for $2.00; 10 for $3.60; 25 for $8.30. 
ORCHARD SIZE—2 to 3 feet: Each, 35c; 5 for $1.60; 10 for $2.80; 25 for $6.50. 
Early Harvest— May and June. Medium size; pale yellow; slightly acid; 
good quality. Ripens at a season when no other Apple is in. 
Yellow Transparent—One of the best early market Apples, of medium size; 
skin yellow; flesh crisp and sub-acid; almost immune to blight. 
Red June —Early. Medium size; dark red; white flesh; juicy, sub-acid; 
ripens over a long period; bears well and is a heavy cropper. 
Yellow Horse— Late summer. Large size; yellow, slightly red where ex¬ 
posed to sunshine. One of the best cooking Apples; fills in between seasons. 
Grimes Golden— Early winter. Large; golden yellow; of high quahty. Tree 
vigorous; a heavy bearer. 
Yellow Delicious —Early fall. Medium size. Splendid keeping quahties 
and the excellent flavor of red Delicious. Prolific bearer. 
Delicious —Late fall. Fruit large, dark red, fine grained flesh, crisp and 
juicy and of high quahty. A splendid shipper and prolific bearer. 
Stayman Winesap —Winter. Larger and more prolific than the old Wine- 
sap. Rich, dark red; firm; fine grained and juicy; adapted to a wide range 
of soils and climates. 
Winesap —Winter. Medium size; dark red; good quahty; keeps well. Tree 
is a hardy grower and good bearer. A popular variety and well liked. 
Transcendent Crab —Late, hardy, heavy bearing, yellow with red cheek. 
PEACH TREES 
FIRST CLASS—4 to 5 feet: Each, 40c; 5 for $1.70; 10 for $3.00; 25 for $7.00. 
ORCHARD SIZE—2 to 3 feet: Each, 30c; 5 for $1.40; 10 for $2.40; 25 for $5.50. 
Early Rose (Cling)—Ripens with the earliest; is an extremely free bearer 
and comes into bearing young. Fruit is roundish, medium to large size. 
Arp Beauty (Free)—Medium size; yellow, mottled with bright crimson; 
flesh is of rich yellow color and is really of very good quahty for an early 
Peach. 
Carman (Free)—Large; creamy white with deep blush; fine flavor; hardy 
in production; a good shipper, strong grower, and early bearer. 
Indian Cling or Blood Cling —An old-time favorite wherever planted, and 
grows to a large size; dark red flesh; a deep red; highly flavored. 
J. H. Hale (Free)—Larger than Elberta; ripens several days later; superior 
to Elberta in flavor; a beautiful golden yellow with deep carmine blush. 
Heath Cling (White Heath, Chng)—Skin and flesh white, tinged with red; 
tender, juicy, and of high flavor. A wonderful Peach for canning and picking. 
Hiley (Early Belle)—One of the best early shippers; large, white with 
bright red cheek. One of the most profitable sorts. 
Belle of Georgia (Free)—Very large; white with red cheek; firm and of 
excellent flavor. 
Early Elberta (Free)—Very large; flesh yellow. 
Elbterta (Free)—A standard by which all other varieties are judged; very 
large; yellow with red cheek; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, of high quality. 
