The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-10

the Stage Tor market.
make about three grades, as to size and
ripeness, shipping the Tipest ones to nearest
market and the greenest to more distant mar.
kets. have never lost a shipment that went
through to destination. 1 invariably ship by
express regardless of the rate.
PACKAGES.
After trying various packages for peaches find
shallow box tray holding two layers of fru
to be the best These trays used by all the grow
in my section. They generally twelve inches
wide. twenty-five inches long and deep enough to
hold one two layers of fruit. That for mar
ket put in two-ayer boxes that for distant market
in onelayer boxes.
In packing first put in thin layer of excelsior,
then spread this sheet of fancy wrapping pa
per- then pack the peaches in straight lines accord
ing size. When the box is full spread on another
sheet Of fancy paper, light layer of excelsior nail
the lid and the box is ready for shipment.
PLUM GROWING.
The Kelsey plum was planted IN my section quite
extensively and nearly all of the have been dug
up. l had the Kelsey rpen in this State. plant
ed two hundred; these very productive, the
trees often breaking down with the weight of fruit,
but invariably fell prey the curculio rotted
reaching full maturity.
few seedlings of the Kelsey quite pronis-
ing, of which have fruited with for the past
three years, and have always brought their fruit
perfection, but l only have few make
report of their marketing qualities.
have Mariana, Golden Beauty, Satsuma and
Botan, bnt not prepared to report upon them.
T. X. Cooley.
TABER: | am very much interested in
Mr.. Godbey's report. There are one or
two things in it thatI am quite
at, and it occurs to me q good deal the
same as what we heard this evening
about planting the orange trees in the
pine wood, and that potash did more
harm that good. That is the first time
] ever heard that. | know thatMr. God
hey is practical man, aud as [ said be-
fore, am very much interested in hear
ing his paper. | think that for the main
part it is good, and that he is honest in
his convictions, and it may be that he is
perfectly right in them, but it would not
ansWer for my section Of the country and
we are not more than forty miles apart,
and [ never had so good results from my
peach orchard as from straight appi-
cation OF sulphate of potash, high grade.
do not say that if [ would follow it up
for ten years that it would be the same at
the end Of ten years, but all the same [
Use potash on my ground. In relation
to plums, think that the color of the
Kelseys can be highly improved by the
application of potash. | think potash
will improve the color of any fruit, and
especially the plum. / am interested in
Mr.. Godbey's report and what Mr.. Mel
lish eau tell you will be Of more interest
than anything | can say.
MELLIsH: AS to the best half dozen
varieties, will say that we have peaches
ripening in succession, each one at itD
time being the best. Fully half of our
paintings are Albertis. They ripen in
July. That is the last shipping peach
that we plant. We commence with the
Alexander or .Jessy Kerr or Amphin,
either one is about as good as the other,
and there are probably 10 or 5 per cent.
OF that class of peaches that is an absO-
lutely certain crop. They bloom three
or four weeks earlier than any other peach
that we can raise. They bloom in Feb
ruary with us and they are always
cauUht The Alpxandpr and that class