FRUIT TREES 
PEACHES 
PEACHES for PROFIT 
South’s Leading Fruit 
The Peach has long been a favorite 
orchard fruit of the South. It comes into 
commercial bearing comparatively early 
and its large range of varieties makes it 
possible to have fruit ripening over a long 
period of time in the same vicinity. 
Every farmer and home-owner should 
have at least a few trees. Often a small 
orchard of 4 to 5 acres will prove quite 
profitable for supplying your home market, 
even near very small towns. The Peach is 
a popular “filler” crop to be grown in 
pecan orchards before the pecan trees 
come into commercial production. 
Peaches will grow over a large portion 
of the South. Of the many varieties of 
Peach trees, we have selected and are 
listing those proving most satisfactory 
over the largest territory in the South. 
They have a long fruiting period in practi¬ 
cally any territory suited to Peach culture. 
Peaches have one requisite wherever 
they are grown—they must be planted on 
well-drained soil. 
Great care is taken to send out only 
strong, vigorous, well-rooted trees. The 
varieties we send are true to name. Only 
strong, vigorous stocks are used for propa¬ 
gating purposes. Start right with trees 
from Wight! 
Some Hints for the Culture of Peaches 
Plant 1-year-old trees about 18 x 18 
feet. Prune severely, cutting back 18 to 
24 inches to form a balanced, low, compact 
head. The following spring cut away all 
but three well-distributed branches. The 
annual pruning should consist of cutting 
off about one-third of the last year’s 
growth. Don’t let the branches get too 
long as their weight will split the tree’s 
trunk. Dehorning is done only when there 
has been a bad winter freeze. 
Elberta Peach 
Our Trees Are Sure to Grow 
Carman. Large; creamy white, tinged 
red. Freestone. June 20. 
Chinese Cling. Very large; creamy 
white, mottled carmine; flesh fine¬ 
grained. Clingstone. July 20 to August. 
Early Crawford. Yellow-fleshed Peach. 
A very handsome variety with yellow 
skin, having a dark red blush; quality 
unsurpassed. A good Peach for market 
or home orchard. Tree large and vigor¬ 
ous, bearing in early September. 
Early Rose. Because of its excellent 
keeping and shipping qualities, this is 
an important and very desirable early 
Peach. Medium size; highly colored. 
May 20 to June 10. 
Elberta. Probably best known of all 
Peaches. Very large; yellow skin with 
red cheek; flesh yellow and juicy. No 
orchard should be without this variety. 
Middle of July. 
Georgia Belle. Large; showy; clear 
creamy white, tinted red; flesh white 
and firm, excellent quality. Freestone. 
July 1 to 15. 
HIley. Large; red cheeks; flesh white, red 
at pit. Freestone. June 20. 
J. H. Hale. Late. Fruit large, deep red; 
flesh yellow. Freestone. Very fine. 
Mayflower. Earliest Peach known, al¬ 
though a late bloomer. Medium size; 
entirely covered with red. Good shipper. 
May 15 to June 1. 
ALL VARIETIES 
Each 10 100 
June buds, 2 to 3 ft. $0 35 $3 00 $25 00 
1-year, 3 to 4 ft. 40 3 50 30 00 
Write for special prices in quantity 
PEARS 
The number of varieties of Pears that 
can be satisfactorily grown in the South 
has been greatly reduced in recent years 
due to the high susceptibility of most 
varieties to blight. The chief effort in 
recent Pear culture has been the intro¬ 
duction of blight-resistant varieties; a 
number of these are being tested now, and 
some may prove valuable. 
Pineapple. The blight-resistant qualities 
of this Pear make it in great demand as 
an orchard tree in the South. A vigorous 
grower and unusually heavy and regular 
bearer. The fruit is large and attractive; 
flesh coarse, juicy. It makes an excellent 
canning and preserving Pear. Ripens 
during August and September. 
Kleffer. Fruit large to very large; skin 
yellow; flesh brittle and juicy. Good- 
quality fruit maturing in September and 
October. Trees vigorous and prolific. 
Above 2 varieties; Each 10 100 
2 to 3 ft.$0 45 $4 00 $35 00 
3 to 4 ft. 55 5 00 45 00 
4 to 5 ft. 60 5 50 50 00 
5 to 6 ft. 75 7 00 60 00 
6 to 8 ft., 
branched (2 yr.) .95 9 00 85 00 
12 to 15 ft., heavy 4 00 30 00 
Baldwin Pear 
Harper. A wonderful new variety origi¬ 
nating in southern Georgia. This de¬ 
scription of the original tree is given by 
its owner: “Chance seedling about 15 
years old; no blight; heavy bearer, and 
equal in quality to Bartlett; very juicy 
and good keeper with no hard core in 
center; 3 or 4 seeds; skin russet color. 
Fruit sells for five times as much as 
Pineapple, Kieffer, etc.” Each 
2 to 3 ft.$0 50 
3 to 4 ft. 70 
4 to 5 ft. 85 
5 to 6 ft. 1 00 
5 to 6 ft., branched. 1 25 
Baldwin. A new Pear of good flavor 
originating in Baldwin County, Ala¬ 
bama, and said to be blight-resistant. 
Vigorous grower, ripening in August. 
Decidedly superior to any other blight- 
resistant varieties fruited here. An 
introduction which is unusually prom- 
Each 10 100 
3 to 4 ft.$0 60 $5 50 $50 00 
4 to 5 ft. 70 6 50 60 00 
5 to 6 ft. 85 8 00 75 00 
6 to 8 ft. 1 00 9 00 85 00 
6 to 8 ft., branched 1 25 11 50 100 00 
SPECIAL READING MATTER 
We have special reading matter on 
several subjects which gives fuller in¬ 
formation than can be given in this cata¬ 
logue. Among these are the following, 
any of which will be furnished on request: 
“Some Questions Answered in Regard to 
Pecan Trees,” “The Management of 
Pecan Orchards,” “The Tung Oil Nut 
Tree: A Brief Statement of Facts,” “ J'he 
Tung Oil Nut Tree: A New and Profitable 
Industry of the South,” “Satsumas.” 
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WIGHT NURSERIES • CAIRO, GEORGIA 
