. Descriptive catalogue of Lake George Nurseries : winter 1887-8. Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit trees Seeds Catalogs; Grapes Seeds Catalogs; Ornamental trees Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs. LAKE GEORGE NURSERIES. speak of that part of the State comprised by the orange belt). But the introduction of the Peen-To and Honey peach has put a new aspect on the face of the question. And now the growing of early peaches for the Northern market bids fair to become an important factor in the horticulture of this State. We wish to inform our friends and customers that we
. Descriptive catalogue of Lake George Nurseries : winter 1887-8. Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit trees Seeds Catalogs; Grapes Seeds Catalogs; Ornamental trees Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs. LAKE GEORGE NURSERIES. speak of that part of the State comprised by the orange belt). But the introduction of the Peen-To and Honey peach has put a new aspect on the face of the question. And now the growing of early peaches for the Northern market bids fair to become an important factor in the horticulture of this State. We wish to inform our friends and customers that we are growing our ovvn peach, pear and plum trees, and, in fact, nearly everything we have to sell we raise on our own grounds, thus saving a long jour- ney from Georgia or Alabama, which sometimes has taken from two to four weeks ; and there is also a popular prejudice that home grown trees do the best, with which opinion we entirely agree. Mr. A. I. Bidwell, a prominent nurseryman and fruit grower, of Orlando, Fla., has originated the following varieties from the seed ol the Peen-To. And they are, without doubt, destined to take a front rank in the peach business of this State. BIDWELL'S is creating justly so. EARLY PEACH.—This new and remarkable peach a widespread interest throughout the State, and the Peen-to peach. Mr. Bidwell's trees were four years old last spring, and bore a few peaches when two years old, a good crop when three years old, and again a good crop when four years old ; it is oblong in shape, but not to such an extreme as the Honey; is of good size, from 2to 2^ inches, skin thin and smooth as a Nectarine; in color a beautiful carmine on a. BIDWELL'S EARLY PEACH. pale ground; one of the handsomest peaches grown; quality best; juicy, with a sprightly sweetness ; is a half cling; ripens the last of May, a few days earlier than its parent, and holds on the tree three or four Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may
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