“not last. 

FITZGERALD'S FLOWERS ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR HARDY BEAUTY 

GROWING PERSIMMONS AND MULBERRIES 
Many years ago we found out that if the 
Damio or tame persimmon were budded on 
the wild persimmon well above the ground 
the tree would put out at least ten days later 
and would never miss a crop. This makes a 
very crooked tree in the nursery but we fig- 
ure that what our customers want is fruit 
rather than a pretty tree. 
the trees get:straight and live for many many 
years. Persimmon trees should be planted 
fifteen or twenty feet apart, or about 150 trees 
per acre. After they get five years old the 
trees will average bearing a bushel to the 
tree. Where the fruit is known they can be 
sold at $1.50 per bushel ordinary time. This 
fall I expect to get at least $4.00 per bushel 
for persimmons but this boom, of course, may 
The young trees must be cultivated 
good for the first 2 years. Then cultivate very 
shallow—just enough to keep down the big 
This fruit, 
after the orchard is once established, can be 
There 
is no spraying to do—just barely keep the 
After the fifth year they can 
weeds. A disk harrow is fine. 
raised cheaper than any other fruit. 
weeds down. 
be kept clean enough with sheep. The sheep 
will eat the leaves from the lower branches 
and the trees will take on an umbrella shape. 
The wild persimmon can be managed about 
like the tame persimmon, but the wild per- 
simmon will make bigger trees. If you plant 
the ungrafted wild trees they will average 
These trees 
do not bear and should be budded over to the 
about half the trees male trees. 
After a few years 
other trees except about one male tree to an 
acre. If you do not have male trees, the 
female trees will not bear. A male tree every 
one hundred yards is enough. The tame 
persimmons, remember, do not have to have 
male trees. Every one will bear. A tame tree 
alone will bear. 
MULBERRIES—You likely never thought 
of it but the mulberry is one of the most 
important trees on earth. At ho distant date 
great orchards of Mulberries may be planted 
for growing silk. The leaves make very 
excellent cattle feed and every mulberry leaf 
is saved in some countries. Every farmer 
needs at least half a dozen mulberry trees. 
With a little pectin, the berries make very 
fine jelly, and they are being mixed with 
blackberries for pie filling. The tree should 
be set about thirty feet apart and the stock 
kept away until they have erown higher than 
the stock can reach. This season our Hicks 
mulberry trees ripened berries for at least 
three months. It is not known but they make 
fine chicken and hog feed, and our turkeys 
and geese simply grew up under the trees. 
We have planted two hundred of these trees 
out in an orchard. We expect them to almost 
feed a flock of turkeys for at least three 
months. And the ones in the hog pasture 
will keep the hogs from trying to get out. 
The seedling trees only bear a short time. 
The budded trees bear bushels of fruit for 
If you are planting for the 
many weeks. 
fruit, plant the budded trees by all means. 
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FITZGERALD NURSERY - - STEPHENVILLE) (TEXAS 
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