BRIEF ACCURATE FACTS ABOUT THE VARIETIES 
Well G rown, Healthy, Vigorous Trees are Worth More 
Under modern practices, approximately 
one hundred, or a few more or less, peach 
trees are planted to the acre. An addi¬ 
tional cost of a few cents per tree often 
discourages some growers from purchas¬ 
ing high class stock. However, if the 
difference in price represents a better 
source of hud wood, a better and more 
uniform source of rootstock and bettei 
handling of trees, it is cheap insurance. 
Wlien small, weak, root mutilated, or 
partly dried out peach trees are pur¬ 
chased, the loss in dead and weak trees 
is sometimes as high as ten per cent. The 
grower is not only faced with the trouble 
of replanting, but also with an irregular 
orchard from the very beginning. Re¬ 
plants also increase the danger of obtain¬ 
ing trees untrue-to-name. 
Even if all the nursery trees planted 
actually live but make a poor growth, the 
fact that the trees require an extra season 
or two of growth before attaining profit¬ 
able bearing is often very costly. Modern 
competition in the peach business has 
increased the importance to the grower 
of obtaining vigorous, healthy, medium 
to large, high class trees in order to in¬ 
sure a uniform and maximum growth as 
soon as the trees are planted. One cannot 
afford to lose a year or more of time in 
the development of a commercial peach 
orchard and besides, a vigorous growth is 
a more healthy growth. 
Quality in nursery peach trees is not a 
mere matter of the height and caliper of 
the trees at the time of purchase. It in¬ 
cludes the horticultural skill, finesse, care 
and personal integrity actually employed 
from the securing of the pits to the de¬ 
livery of the stock. 
Peach Tree Grades and Prices, Fall 1940 
25 to 100 
100 to 250 
250 to 500 
500 to 1,000 
Over 1,000 
Grades 
trees 
trees 
trees 
trees 
trees 
18 inches to 2 feet. . 
16 cents 
14 cents 
12 cents 
10 cents 
8 cents 
24 to 3 feet. 
20 cents 
18 cents 
16 cents 
14 cents 
12 cents 
3 to 4 feet. 
26 cents 
24 cents 
22 cents 
20 cents 
18 cents 
4 to 5 feet. 
26 cents 
24 cents 
22 cents 
20 cents 
18 cents 
Over 5 feet. 
26 cents 
24 cents 
22 cents 
20 cents 
18 cents 
Less than 25 trees. 
50 cents each. 
all trees to be 
of the 3 to 4 foot grade 
or larger. 
Nectarine Tree Prices 
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 be 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 equal to 10 per cent of the total cost of the trees 
is required with each order and the balance before delivery. Two per cent discount 
for cash with order. The grade specified in the order will be furnished unless the 
supply of trees of that grade is exhausted in which case another grade listed at the 
same price will be substituted. 
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