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Keclamation of tide land? — Continued. Page. 



Internal drainage 390 



3Iethod of doing the work 391 



Subdrainage 391 



Treatment of soil - - - 391 



Cau.«es of failure - 393 



Why so little progress has been made 39-1 



Recommendations 395 



Appendix 396 



Bill of materials for concrete sluice gate 396 



Experiment station work with ])eaches 399 



Classification 400 



Peen-to ( Prnnuft platycarpa) 400 



South China race ( Pninus persica ) 401 



Spanish race - 402 



North China race - 402 



The Persian race - 403 



Tree growth - - 403 



Flower buds - 403 



Hardiness - 404 



Physiological characteristics 405 



Blooming habits 405 



Self-fertility 406 



Winter protection 406 



Whitewashing as a means of winter protection 407 



Miscellaneous methods of winter protection 408 



Causes of winter injury in peach orchards - 409 



Treatment of winter-injured trees 410 



Propagation 413 



Stocks for the peacli - 414 



Location of the orchard 415 



Soils 415 



Treatment of trees at transplanting 416 



Cultivation and cover crops 419 



Winter irrigation 420 



Fertilizing peach trees 421 



Thinning peaches 423 



Pruning peaches 425 



Renewing by pruning 425 



Harvesting and shipping peaches 426 



Ripening 426 



Shipping peaches 426 



Cold storage of peaches 427 



Judging peaches 428 



Composition of peaches 430 



Canning 430 



Profits 431 



Literature 431 



Conclusions 432 



