Harrison & Sons nurseries . triis> RAY PEACH TREE- Salisbury. Md., November 26, J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin. Sirs:—Replying to your favor of the 18thinsl., I will say that the peach trees were planted inthe sprinj; of 18-8, you having shipped me the trees onJanuary 11th. 1898. The first fruit was gathered in the summer of 1901, and consisted of 307 baskets. These, however,owing to my ignorance in the peach business werepicked too green and not put on the market as theyshould have been; and only netted about $ HadI known enough to leave them on t
Harrison & Sons nurseries . triis> RAY PEACH TREE- Salisbury. Md., November 26, J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin. Sirs:—Replying to your favor of the 18thinsl., I will say that the peach trees were planted inthe sprinj; of 18-8, you having shipped me the trees onJanuary 11th. 1898. The first fruit was gathered in the summer of 1901, and consisted of 307 baskets. These, however,owing to my ignorance in the peach business werepicked too green and not put on the market as theyshould have been; and only netted about $ HadI known enough to leave them on the trees a weeklonger, they would no doubt have doubled or thribledthe above amount. But I happened on the marketwhere they were being sold and there learned an im-portant lesson. And the crops I thinkwere handled about as well as could have been doneunder the same conditions. My second crop was gathered in the summer of 1902. and consisted of 25 baskets sold locally, for $,and 574 Georgia carriers, and netted clear of all ship
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