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Title: Abridged catalogue of nursery stock
Identifier: CAT31284476 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: R. G. Chase & Co. (Geneva, N. Y. ); Chase Nurseries; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Geneva, Ontario County, N. Y. : R. G. Chase Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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18 THE CHASE NURSERIES.
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PEACHES. For several years, we have been giving special attention to the propaga- tion of peach trees, and are now, we believe, the largest growers in Western New York. We name the varieties in the order of ripening. Our seedlings are grown from Western North Carolina natural pits, and guaranteed to be free from yellows, and healthy in every respect. The selec- tion of buds is given particular care, both as to purity and freedom from disease. By thorough cultivation, our peach trees attain a good growth in the nursery without the aid of fertilizers, forming stocky, spreading trees, with well developed roots, rather than tall, slim ones. By our system of low-branching, the trees in the orchard are conveniently pruned, the fruit easily and cheaply picked, while there is no difficulty in cultivation. The trees are dug, graded, and packed with the greatest care, and are marketed when one year old from bud. Trees planted in the fall should remain unpruned until early spring, when they should be cut back so as to stand not over two and one-half feet high, according to the preference of the grower. We head back to two feet, removing all but from three to five of the top limbs, and cutting these back to within an inch of the body. Some planters, however, trim to a whip, instead of spurring. Alexander. Medium; color deep maroon, handsomely shaded; rich and good ; flesh firm. Fine, hardy, and productive. Early Canada. Tree claimed to be unusually hardy. Fruit of good size, fine quality, and beautiful apoearance. Ripens as earl)^ as the earliest.

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