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removed from the trees and buried or burned ; not a single rotted fruit should be 

 allowed to winter over. 



Success and failure have both resulted from spraying. A very wet season is 

 •detrimental thereto, and is almost useless to continue the remedy. Under favor- 

 able weather, it is very successfnl. 



A frequent cause of failure in the peach crop is one against which no precau- 

 tion can avail— the destruction of the flower buds by intense cold during the 

 Minter. Spring frosts, unless at flowering time, do but little injury. The peach-tree 

 is remarkably excitable, and a warm spell, such as frequently occurs in winter, 

 will awaken the vegetable powers sufiiciently to cause the buds to swell. If under 

 these conditions a sudden change takes place, and as sometimes happens the tem- 

 perature goes feelow zero, the fruit-buds are sure to be killed. There are a number 

 of ornamental varieties of the peach which produce a profusion of flowers as double 

 as roses. One of these, the Camelia-flowered, is especially beautiful. Some of 

 them bear fruit of an indifi"erent quality. The dwarf varieties produce fruit when 

 one or two feet high. One of these, the Golden Dwarf, originated in Georgia ; 

 another is Italian, and others are Australian. The weeping peach originated with 

 Wm. Reid, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, and bears his name. A purple-leaved variety 

 of the peach is very showy in spring, but the leaves do not retain their dark pur- 

 ple color through the summer. 1. E. Kreybill. 



Olden, Mo. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. J. E. Kreybill — The peach is a fruit of location. If you have 

 not a good location, it will not pay you to bother much with the peach. 

 Our soil is adapted to the growing of this fruit, I don't believe there 

 is another place in the country where so many fruits can be grown. 

 The greatest mistake the peach-growers of that locality are making is 

 planting kinds not adapted to their soil and climate. 



The earliest peach we grow is the Evans' Extra Eearly. I think it 

 has more blush on its cheek than its worthy originator has. It is 

 superior to the Alexander, Amsden, and all that class, but there is no 

 money in growing any of these very early kinds; they rot badly, and 

 don't ship well unless picked too green, when they are of poor quality. 

 Mr. Evans thinks that the introduction of Hale's Early and its seed- 

 lings was a misfortune to the peach-growers of the country. Among 

 good, early kinds, I would name Troth's and Mountain Eose, and Family 

 Favorite, but the Elberta is the best peach I ever saw in any country. 

 The Susquehanna is one of the finest. It is a rather shy bearer, but I 

 don't object to that. The fruit is so fine that it brings the very highest 

 price in the market. With us, all kinds bear enough. 



Picquet's Late, Solway and Smock are good later kinds. I don't 

 grow any cling-stone peaches. They will not sell for as high prices as 

 freestones. The best location is a high, northern slope. Don't plant 

 in low land. There is often a difference of ten or twenty degrees 

 between lowlands and the adjacent uplands. I once thought you 



