. Descriptive catalogue of fruit & ornamental trees : grape-vines, small fruits, shrubs, plants, Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. W. T. Hood 6 Co.'s Descriptive Catalogue 23. Select Peaches The ease with which Peach trees may be cultivated, their comparative ireedom from disease, the short period before they become productive, with the immense demand for the fruit and the facihty with which it may be ship
. Descriptive catalogue of fruit & ornamental trees : grape-vines, small fruits, shrubs, plants, Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. W. T. Hood 6 Co.'s Descriptive Catalogue 23. Select Peaches The ease with which Peach trees may be cultivated, their comparative ireedom from disease, the short period before they become productive, with the immense demand for the fruit and the facihty with which it may be shipped to distant markets, make Peach growing extremely profitable. We have the climate and opportunities to develop this fruit to the highest stan- dard of excellence, and it should be a source of gratification to all that within the last few years so many valuable new varieties of merit have been introduced. Owing to the greatly increased demand for the Peach, due to the development of .the canning and evaporating interests, this fruit will no doubt continue to be exceed- ingly profitable to the orchardist who gives the business proper attention and has a suitable location for his orchard. The grower in the southern states who has transp rtation facilities to market his fruit in the northern markets, we would advise to plant largely of the earliest varie- ties ; they mature and can be marketed in New York before the fruit of Delaware and Maryland is ripe. In the New York market the early southern Peaches always com- mand the highest prices. Those situated beyond the reach of convenient transporta- tion should, after providing for their local markets, plant the best sorts for canning and evaporating purposes, as these have now become very important and profitable industries. There is no fruit tree that makes so cjuick a return as the Peach. Give it reason- able attention, and in three years from planting a fair crop may be gathered ; and the receipts from a good orchard are somet
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