4M ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



our orchards are almost level. In many ways, we are up against a 

 much harder proposition than you are on that one vital question. 

 If we get a little air drainage, it is very slight. We cannot grow the 

 later varieties, coming after the fall storms begin, so you will notice, 

 as I name over a list, that we are growing early and midseason 

 fruit. You will notice that we are holding to Greensboro. When 

 Maryland and Delaware don't have a crop, which they seldom seem 

 to have, our early, poor varieties bring good money. W^e got rid 

 of Greensboro at fl.OO a crate right there at home this year. Last 

 year they brought something like |2.50, and if it isn't much good it 

 has been a good proposition for us. Carman: there is a peach that 

 is going to be a good one. Champion: on poor ground succeeds 

 well, on good soil it rots badly. Don't farm it. Then there are the 

 standard varieties, such as Crawfords' Early, Elberta (which stands 

 at the head of the list in our market), Crawford's Late, Old Mixon, 

 Stump, etc. 



We are right there, within an easy carting distance of Phila- 

 delphia, and easy shipping facilities for New York. Our fruit is on 

 the market within a few hours from the time it leaves the orchard, 

 therefore, we can handle some of the softer varieties. 



In conclusion, I might say that the peach yields us the biggest re- 

 turns of anything we grow. Last year we got |2,300.00 off of one 

 block of four acres. 



MR. MILLER: What is the life of the peach tree? 



MR. BARTON: I cannot tell. We lost our first orchard, set out 

 in '98. last year, but it went out on '^little peach." 



MR. MILLER: How about Sal way? 



MR. BARTON: We cannot do anything with it. Mr. Roberts 

 has had experience with that. Did it do any good? 



MR. ROBERTS: The fungus is bad on it. 



MR. PRICKETT: Did you ever try painting the peach trees to 

 keep out borers? 



MR. BARTON: No, we did use a coat of whitewash containing 

 sonu- wood ashes, but we have stopped and see no difference since 

 wo stopped. 



Member: To what extent do you thin your peaches? 



MR. BARTON: We do most of our thinning with shears in the 

 winter We have less wood. 



MR. W. H. BLACK: What tools do you use for cultivating? 



MR. BARTON: Clark disc orchard harrow. One that we can get 

 right up to them when we want to go in close. 



MR. R. M. ELDON: Your land is sandy you say. You don't 

 need anything to break up your soil. Can you destroy your cover 

 crop in the spring? 



MR. BARTON: Yes. We run this disc over two or three ways, 

 two or three times. 



FORESTRY AND ITS RELATION TO HORTICULTURE. 



By HUGH P. BAKER, U. S. Forest Service, in CTiargre Department of Forestry of the Penn- 

 sylvania State College. 



Only a few years ago forestry was practically a new word in 

 this country. People knew that it had to do with trees, but even 

 yet its actual meaning is not clear to all, although the interest taken 

 by people of all classes in the protection of our forests and their per- 



