422 State Horticulfiiral Society, 



bud, not smaller than four to five foot trees, fresh dug as possible, plant 

 them fifteen feet apart each way, peaches alone, not every other row 

 apples or pears or anything else. Small fruit can be planted in the 

 rows and between them for a few years, but not longer than four (4) 

 years. Clean up the ground and don't cultivate any more. 



Plant a good assortment of kinds, but not many trees of the early 

 kind, as they all lack quality, good only for immediate use. As to varie- 

 ties, Alexander has always been our first early and it bears well. 

 Triumph comes next in order of ripening and is rather fuzzy, but when 

 well ripened, is of very good quality for an early peach. Greensboro 

 comes w)th it, or next to it, and is a nice peach of good size. Moun- 

 tain "r^ose comes next and is fine. Bokara is good to plant on accjunt of 

 being very hardy, but the fruit is very fuzzy and not as rich as soifie. 

 Crosby also is very hardy, fine flavor, good bearer, not as large as some 

 others unless thinned. Champion is another hardy kind that bears well 

 here; but of all the so-called hardy kinds, the Conover beats anything 

 we have tried yet. If properly thinned it is of good size, but heing 

 very hardy, it seems every bloom bud makes a peach, and the fruit is 

 not large, but compares very well here with Crosby, Bokara and Cham- 

 pion. Elberta is the king of peaches when it bears, as it will make 'more 

 big peaches than any other kind. 



For late kinds. Stump the World, Globe, Salway and Heath Cling 

 are all good late kinds. We have a kind in this part of the country called 

 the Indian, a free-stone, comes true from seed. It bears well and is a 

 fruit of fine quality, when well ripened, but very sour if not fully ripe ; 

 it ripens from September the first to the twentieth. Crawford's Early 

 has done well here. There are many other kinds, but these are mostly 

 of the older well tried kinds and will give a continuous supply of fruit 

 from the fourth of July till in October. 



I like to head my trees low, not over eighteen inches from the 

 ground, and keep the tops low by cutting back each year about one- 

 fourth to one-third of the previous year's growth, but don't trim too 

 much, as it is apt to cause the trees to grow too rank and not bear. 



I think banking up to the trees is the best way to get the borers. I 

 think there will not be as many borers get in. I found this to be the 

 case in nursery trees, both peach and apple, with dirt piled up to the 

 trees ; it is always loose and dry at the top and no weeds or trash for 

 the beetles to hide in. There is not half as many borers as when the 

 ground is flat around the trees and grass and weeds grow close around 

 them. Before closing, I wish to say a few words about seedlings. I 

 believe they are generally more hardy than budded kinds. I would 



