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corapanied with satifactory results. The Michigan growers have made 

 this a cardinal feature of their work, hence their success. With them 

 the first question is, "Is the variety hardy in the fruit bud ?" If not, 

 we have no use for it. 



I herewith submit a statement of the condition of varieties ex- 

 amined today in my orchard, suggesting that all of the Crawford type 

 suffered in the greatest degree, in many of which all buds were killed 

 outright, while enumerating a list found in fairly good condition. The 

 larger portion of this list is among those regarded as standard and 

 reliable sorts grown in Michigan, while as a rule they have not found 

 a place in New York orchards. The field is one of interest, and it is 

 possible we can learn much of value from our friends on the shores of 

 Lake Michigan. Varieties marked good are those in which scarcely 

 an injured bud could be found, while two-thirds and one-half indicate 

 respectively the amount of uninjured buds counted upon the branches 

 cut and examined with care : 



Hill's Chili, Golden Drop, Kalamazoo, Salway, Tyhurst, Hynes 

 Surprise, Lewis Seedling, Horton's Rivers, Early and Wheatland are 

 classed as good ; Crosby, Red Cheek Melocoton, Morris White and 

 Elberta, two-thirds ; Steven's Rareripe, one-half. 



For years the old Red Cheek Melocoton has shown itself as the 

 most hardy of all of the Crawford type. A peach well known and popu- 

 lar years ago and yet today scarcely recognized. Have we not in our 

 haste to make tlie acquaintance of new candidates for public favor 

 made the mistake of overlooking varieties of greater merit! — S. D.W. 

 in Country Gentleman. 



PRUNING THE PEACH. 



It is seldom one hears much about the pruning of the peach. It 

 is usually the apple or the pear that is spoken of or written about. It 

 is true that it is not such a universal fruit as the others mentioned, as 

 it will not succeed in all situations. Still it is one fruit above all others 

 in some places, and in many city gardens room is found for a peach or 

 two, vthere spreading trees like the apple cannot be accommodated. 



It is the fashion to believe that there are localities where peaches 

 were once grown in which they will not now succeed, but if there are 

 those who cannot make them grow in such places it is more probable 

 that it is because of exhausted soil than from any other cause. 



It is too often the sight now to see peaches set out in newly 

 cleared land, with no manure at ail given them. The trees grow well 

 enough for two or three years, until what little food the ground con- 



