. Pleasant Valley Nurseries : 1900 [catalog]. Nursery stock New Jersey Catalogs; Fruit New Jersey Catalogs; Trees New Jersey Catalogs. 8 Arthur J. Collins, Moorestown, New Jersey. Fruit Trees. All fruit trees Should be sprayed. We have been spraying for years with great success, not only among our fruit trees, but currants and gooseberries as well. It prevents imperfect fruit, and keeps the tree in healthy condition. Also, that trees may be kept in healthy condition, the ground should be kept clean by carting away the imperfect, stung and rotten fruit. All shippers of fruit have found out that
. Pleasant Valley Nurseries : 1900 [catalog]. Nursery stock New Jersey Catalogs; Fruit New Jersey Catalogs; Trees New Jersey Catalogs. 8 Arthur J. Collins, Moorestown, New Jersey. Fruit Trees. All fruit trees Should be sprayed. We have been spraying for years with great success, not only among our fruit trees, but currants and gooseberries as well. It prevents imperfect fruit, and keeps the tree in healthy condition. Also, that trees may be kept in healthy condition, the ground should be kept clean by carting away the imperfect, stung and rotten fruit. All shippers of fruit have found out that there is very apt to be a glut in the markets, and that during that time, if the fruit sells at all, it sells at a very low price. Now, the reason of this is that there is so much poor fruit put before the public. People seem to think that quantity of fruit is more desirable than quality. But the condition of our market has to be elevated ; the public demands fine fruit, and must have it. For that reason it is recom- mended that thinning of fruit be largely resorted to. This may be done in two ways ; either prune the limbs containing fruit spurs in winter, or, after the fruit is set, go over and, with thumb and finger, detach a part of the fruit. By doing this, the fruit that remains will be much larger and finer grained than otherwise, will command higher prices in the market, and yield as large returns with less expense for marketing. PEACH TREES. Plant 1 6 feet apart each way; 170 trees to the acre. A sandy loam, with a clay or gravelly subsoil, is the best ground for a successful Peach orchard, but any well-drained land of moderate fertility is suitable. We are able to offer our custodiers this year a good assortment of fine Peach trees from natural seed, produced from Tennessee, raised on land never before occupied by Peach trees, healthy, vigorous, bright, carefully budded, true to name. The varie- ties are given, as nearly as possible, in the order of ripening here in N
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