. Trees, plants, seeds. Nursery stock, Texas, Fort Worth, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Shrubs, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs. 4 BAKER BROS., FORT WORTH, triumph. (See opposite page.) PEACHES. Peaches are the leading fruit for Texas, and it is natural that we should test all the leading new varieties offered, for the purpose of improving our list. We have not had time to test all of the following new kinds, and hence the descriptions are borrowed. Some of them, however, are fruitin
. Trees, plants, seeds. Nursery stock, Texas, Fort Worth, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Shrubs, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs. 4 BAKER BROS., FORT WORTH, triumph. (See opposite page.) PEACHES. Peaches are the leading fruit for Texas, and it is natural that we should test all the leading new varieties offered, for the purpose of improving our list. We have not had time to test all of the following new kinds, and hence the descriptions are borrowed. Some of them, however, are fruiting here and in other localities in Texas, and are giving great satisfaction. Our standard list comprises the varieties best adapted to Texas. We Sell more Peach trees than all Other fruit trees combined. They will grow and bear in any soil, from Brownsville to the Panhandle, and from Texarkana to El Paso, in sand, clay, black-waxy or gravelly soil, and on solid rock, almost. You may gather good Peaches from May till December, excelling in size, color and flavor those grown in any other state. In ordinary soil, set the trees 14 to 16 feet apart each way. In very rich soil they require more room. TO secure healthy, Vigorous and fruitful trees and fine fruit, the following points must be well attended to in Peach culture : 1st. Keep the ground clean and mellow around the tree, and give it an occasional dressing of wood ashes. 2nd. Keep the head low ; the trunk ought not to exceed 3 feet in height. 3rd. Attend regularly every spring to pruning and shortening the shoots of the previous year's growth. This keeps the head round, full, and well furnished with bearing wood. Cut weak shoots back about one-half, and strong ones one-third; but see that you have a sufficient supply of fruit buds. Sickly and superfluous shoots should be cut out. #^~It should always he borne in mind that the fruit is produced on wood of the last season's growth, and hence the necessity for keeping up a good su
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