. Catalogue of fruits and flowers : best old and new varieties of fruit trees, plants and vines, new rare and beautiful flowering plants, shrubs and trees. Nurseries (Horticulture) New Jersey Hammonton Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. V\'111. F. Bassett & Sou's Catalogue. IT Cultural directions.—Peaches do well in a soil of sandy loam that is not too low. An abundance of fertilizer abounding in potash should be used ; unleached ashes and ground bone are unequalled. It is necessary to make an examination twice a year for the borers, cutting them out with
. Catalogue of fruits and flowers : best old and new varieties of fruit trees, plants and vines, new rare and beautiful flowering plants, shrubs and trees. Nurseries (Horticulture) New Jersey Hammonton Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. V\'111. F. Bassett & Sou's Catalogue. IT Cultural directions.—Peaches do well in a soil of sandy loam that is not too low. An abundance of fertilizer abounding in potash should be used ; unleached ashes and ground bone are unequalled. It is necessary to make an examination twice a year for the borers, cutting them out with a sharp knife. lit planting cut back severely, and in small trees we recommend pruning them to a single whip, and cutting this back to one-half its length. The proper distance apart is from 15 to 20 feet, according to the soil, giving more room on heavy land. At 15 feet apart it requires 193 trees per acre. Our trees are vigorous and healthy, true to name, and free from yellows. First-class, 4: to 5 feet, 10 cts. eacli, Sll per doz., $8 per 100. 3 to 4 feet, 8 cts. each, 90 cts. per doz. $7 per 100. 3 to 3 feet, 7 cts. eacli, 75 cts per doz., $6 per lOO. ' The following varieties we can recommend for either home use or market. There are none in this list but strictly reliable kinds, and they are the cream of the numberless varieties grown. EARLY VARIETIES. (Freestone) I,ARGE EARLY YORK, White. MOUNTAIN ROSE, White. CRAWFORD'S EARLY, Yellow. TROTH'S EARLY, White. OLD MIXON FREE, White. YELLOW ST. JOHN, Yellow. LATE VARIETIES. (Freestone.) FOX'S SEEDLING, White. STUMP THE WORLD, White. WARD'S LATE, White. CRAWFORD'S LATE, Yellow. CHAIR'S CHOICE, Yellow. BEER'S SMOCK, Yellow. REEVE'S FAVORITE, Yellow. ELBERTA, Yellow, GLOBE, Yellow. Cultural directio>s.—Pears .should be planted 20 feet apart each way (108 per acre),^^nd kept cul- tivated. The first two or three years some hoed crop may be grown between the. '^lbut^^ample space should be given the trees. After this
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