Payory APRICOTS 
MOOREPARK. Adapted to wide area. Used 
Commercially. Freestone of good quality. 
4 PRICE: Small, $1.25, $1.95. 
Ss 
UPERB. One of the largest, orange color- 
ed fruit. Freestone has been one of the 
best in our test orchard, and we recom- 
mend it highly as a result of its good 
showing. PRICE: Medium, $1.95; Large, 
\ $2.45. 
EARLY GOLDEN. A Thrifty, prolific apricot 
that has given some people better re- 
sults than any other. Freestone. 
PRICE: Nice trees, $1.25, $1.95. 
Gragway PLUMS 
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% BRUCE. Very large, very red. All-purpose 
eating or cooking. Good market and 
shipping. Has been one of the most 
profitable plums. Bears young; prolific. 
PRICE: 95c, $1.45, $1.95. 
~\ METHLEY. Dark purple skin, purple flesh. 
Excellent producer and undoubtedly one 
of the most delicious. 
" PRICE: $1.45; $1.95. 
SANTA ROSA. The big, purple plum that 
is shipped from the west coast. Firm 
flesh, fine eating. 
PRICE: 95c, $1.45, $1.95, $2.45. 
\SAPA (a cherry-plum). Small, dark skin 
and dark flesh. Tree rather dwarfy, but 
a sure and profitable producer of one 
of the very finest cooking plums. This 
variety belongs in every home orchard. 
PRICE: 95c; $1.45 
Gragway GRAPES 
\CHAMPANEL. Resistant to root-rot and 
grows on black, alkaline soil. Try this 
grape if others have been dying on you. 
Open clusters of black berries that hang 
on the vine for a long time. Resists heat 
and drought. 
‘FREDONIA. A large, black grape that is 
replacing Concord in many parts of the 
country. Quality equal to or superior to 
Concord. Large bunches of large grapes. 
Heavy producer. Is the No. 1 grape of 
our section. 
XN CARMAN. A “lazy man’s grape”. One of 
the most fool-proof and dependable. 
Seems to grow everywhere. Black berry. 
Prolific. 
\ CONCORD. Too well known to need de- 
scription. No other grape seems to have 
exactly what we call the “Concord 
flavor.” Widely grown for juice and fruit. 
GRAPE PRICES: 50c, 75c and some Jumbo 
for 95c. 
ORIENTAL 
PERSIMMONS 
One of the most delicious fruits grown 
in the South. Good for home or market. 
GRAYWAY persimmon trees bear young 
—many of them bear right in the nursery 
row. As an ornamental tree, with large 
yellow fruits in the early winter, it has 
few equals. Dwarf. 
EUREKA. Fruits look like large red toma- 
toes. Almost seedless. Delicious flavor. 
\ One of the very best for home use. 
TANE NASHI. Large fruits shaped like an 
acorn without the cup. Seedless. Fine 
quality for market or home. 
PERSIMMON PRICES: $1.95; $2.50; $2.95. 
Improved WALNUTS 
THOMAS BLACK. Comparatively thin 
shell. Cracks easily and meats separate 
easily in quarters. Delicious, old-time 
flavor. Bears very young, usually 2nd 
summer from planting. Beautiful, long- 
life tree. Many growers have found this 
the best of improved black walnuts. 
Heavy producer. Self-fertile. 
PRICES: Same as papershell pecans, $3.25 
to $9.75. 
W—Waco Zone lines, showing ap- 
T—Tyler proximately the number 
Rasta of winters during which 
occur 800 hours below 
D—Dallas 45 degrees F. It may 
H—Houston 
need some up-to-date 
F—Fort Worth revision, but is a good 
S—San Antonio general guide. 
CAUTION: As can be seen, the import- 
ant factor is to be sure NOT to choose a 
variety whose chilling requirement is so 
high that it is sure to fail most of the time. 
There are other factors, such as winter 
hardiness, susceptibility to bacterial spot, 
etc., that must be taken into consideration, 
evén if the chilling requirements are met. 
Fruit buds of the following seems to have 
shown considerable winter hardiness: Dix- 
ired Golden Jubilee, Triogem, Vedette, Fair 
Beauty, Mamie Ross, Halehaven, Veteran, 
Short, Redskin, and perhaps others. 
How to Select Peach 
Varieties 
Scientific workers have found that peach 
trees must “sleep” for at least so many 
hours during the winter at temperatures 
of 45 Deg. F., or below, or they will not 
blossom or foliate normally. 
This number of hours for each variety 
is designated as its ‘chilling requirement.” 
For example, the Elberta peach, in order 
to blossom normally requires a rest period 
during the preceding winter, prior to Feb. 
15, of 850 hours of 45 Deg. F., or lower. 
These chilling requirements are indicated 
as: Elberta (850) 
For example, the map indicates that in 
the Waco area (W or 2 on the map), only 
four out of five years (80%), would have 
sufficient winter cold for 800-hour varieties 
to fruit. Therefore: varieties like Redcap 
(750), Redskin (750), Highland (750), Cor- 
onet (800), and Burbank July Elberta (750), 
would give more crops than Elberta (850), 
Dixired (950), Ranger (900), etc. 
For Area “I W. Cross Timbers, you 
may select varieties with chilling require- 
ments up to Dixired (950). Others such as 
Cardinal (900), Coronet (800), Ranger 
(900), Halehaven (850), and even some of 
the 750-hr. varieties are good. 
For Area "3" (NE. Texas), most varieties 
with 750-hr. to 900-hr. chilling requirements 
seem to be doing fine. It is interesting to 
note that Fair Beauty (1050), has not been 
very successful in this area, but is a lead- 
ing commercial variety farther north in 
Arkansas. 
For Area “4” (N. Central Texas), about 
all 750-900-hr. varieties are used. As we 
approach Red River, Cardinal (900), Dixi- 
red (950), Ranger (900), and Rio Oso Gem 
(950), are excellent. 
Order of Ripening (approximate), and i 
Chilling Requirements (flower buds). 
Weeks Before Chilling Weeks Before Chilling 
Elberta Requirement Elberta Requirement 
61/2 Weeks 2 Weeks 
Highland 780 hours Halehaven 850 
Cardinal 900 Burbank Elberta 790 
6 Weeks Veteran 1,050 
Red Cap 750 Gap: 2 
Maygold 650 1 Week 
Fas er abe $e Sullivan E, Elberta 850 
Coronet 800 0 Weeks 
Dixigem 850 Redskin 750 
Ea. Triogem 750 Elberta 850 
4 Weeks Short ? 
Redhaven 850 1 Week Late 
31/.-4 Weeks Perkins ? 
Golden Jubilee 850 1, Weeks Later 
Ranger 900 Charlotte ? 
Fair Beauty 1,050 Frank 750 
3 Weeks 
Triogem 850 oe Later : 
Vedette 1,050 
2, Weeks ; 2 Weeks Later ; 
Southland 750 Rio Oso Gem 950 
