. Illustrated descriptive catalogue of grape vines, fruit & ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, plants & bulbs, 1900. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Grapes Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 18. FITZGERALD. Peaches succeed, best on a warm soil. Keep ground well cultivated and fertilize mostly with wood ashes, lime, etc. Barnyard and other nitrogenous fertilizers produce too rank and soft a growth, thus making them tender. Trim the new growth back annually % to y, and pait entirely if too dense, befor
. Illustrated descriptive catalogue of grape vines, fruit & ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, plants & bulbs, 1900. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Grapes Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 18. FITZGERALD. Peaches succeed, best on a warm soil. Keep ground well cultivated and fertilize mostly with wood ashes, lime, etc. Barnyard and other nitrogenous fertilizers produce too rank and soft a growth, thus making them tender. Trim the new growth back annually % to y, and pait entirely if too dense, before sap starts in spring. Keep out the borer by wrapping the tiunk with tarred paper extending some four inches under and as much above the surface of ground. Disease and early death is caused mainly by the boi'er and starvation. Plant 15 feet apart each way. The white fleshed varieties are marked by affixing the letter Alexander, W—Medium, greenish white with red cheek, juicy and sweet. Semi-cling. Aug. 1st. Beers Smock—Large, yellow with dull red cheek; quality second class, hardy, robust and an immense bearer. Free. Oct. Chair's Cholce-Of largest size, yellow and red, firm; a strong grower and heavy bearer. Free. Sept. Champion—An extra early white peach of ironclad hardiness. For a very early peach it is also remarkable for its size and quality, many specimens having attained to the size of ten inches in circumference. Free. Aug. 15. Crawford's Early—Verj^ large, yellow and red. Best quality; very beautiful and popular; productive; free. Early Sept. Crawford's Late—Similar to Early Crawford but later and not quite as productive. Free. End Sept. Crosby—The constant and abundant oearing, often "When all others failed, has brought this variety into public lavor. It is the hardiest peach kuown. The tree grows low and spread- ' W " to name. ing. Fruit is of medium size, yellow splashed with carmin Free. Sept 15. bright orange Very popular. W-JLargn, creati;y
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