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THE FARM AND GARDEN.. 



This Article is Contini-ed from our April Issue. 



Delivered ()j/ Julm T. Lovetl before tht American ImtUute 



Mmitern' Club. New York, February 24, 1885. 



PEACH CULTURE. 



Pruning.— Perhaps no other fruit tree suffers 

 so much from neglect of pruning, both at the 

 time of planting and in after years, as the peach. 

 This is owing not only to the fact that the peach 

 requires annual pruning— more than almost any 

 other fruit-bearing tree— but also because no 

 other fruit tree receives so little or is so olten ne- 

 glected. In planting, all side branches should be 

 cut back to within a few inches of the main 

 stem— the main stem being severed at about 

 two-thirds of the distance from the ground. 

 Small trees should be pruned to a whip, cutting 

 back the stem very nearly one-half the way to 

 the ground. In order to produce what is known 

 as the bush form— a system followed by many 

 successful peach growers— sever the main stem 

 from twelve to eighteen inches from the ground, 

 causing many shoots to bo produced near the 

 earth. Subsequent pruning consists of an 

 annual cultins; biuk ol^ the main branches- form- 

 ing a syninutrlcal contour, and a Judicious 

 thinning of tlie Ijranches. The latter, however, 

 is of minor importance, as the inner branches 

 will, without assistance, in a great meiisure die 

 and drop off. 



Culture.- Nothing can be more simple than 

 the culture required by the peach. It is simply 

 to keep the surface always mellow and free of 

 weeds. In other words it needs only the culture 

 that one would give corn. For the first two 

 years after planting, hoed crops may be planted 

 between the trees with advantage; alter which 

 time thev require the entire strength of the soil. 

 Grain crops of all kinds are very iniurlous, and 

 it is rare that peaches will sncceed in sod or grass. 

 In making the annual plowing in spring, it is 

 well to use a light plow, plowing very shallow, 

 that the routs mav not be mutilated or disturbed. 

 In keeping the surface mellow and free of weeds 

 I have found nothing so admirable and rapid in 

 perl'orming the work as the Acme Harrow; 

 although anything that will produce the desired 

 result can of course be used. 



Fertilizers.— As is well known, the peach is 

 a heavv I'eeder of potash, hence potash should 

 be supplied in some form. I prefer unleached or 

 live wood ashes for this purpose to anything 

 else, provided they can be ha<l at a satisfactory 

 tlgurc, namely, thirty to tliirty-flve cents per 

 bushel, delivered. I have also employed muri- 

 ate of potash with good results. I prefer to apply 

 broadcast always in spring and harrow in. The 

 peach also demands a liberal supply of phos- 

 phoric acid. This is to be obtaineil in it-s best 

 and cheapest form in pure ground bone, or at 

 least I have always had a good success from 

 using this fertilizer. I do not recommend using 

 stable manure for the peach, the tendency being 

 to produce an undue leafy growtli, rendering the 

 trees unproductive and more suscupiible to 

 Injury in winter. 



, ENEMIE.S AND Dk.v WRACKS.- The chlel enemies 

 of the peach are the grub or borer, and that 

 terrible .scourge, the yellows. The fiirmer is 

 easily overcome. .VII that Is neces.s!iry is to ex- 

 amine the bodies of the- trees early In the spring 

 and extract the grubs with a sharp-pointed 

 blade of akiiife. They will l>e Ibundjustbeneath 

 the surface of the soil, and tlieir presence will be 

 readilv detected bv the gum formed from the 

 exuding sap. As a preventative of the borer, 

 place at the bsuse of each tree a shovelful of 

 slacked lime or several of coal ashes. The yel- 

 lows, which have proved so disastrous to peach 

 culture in manv parts of the country, have re- 

 cently been, I think, conclusively demonstrated 

 by Prof. Burrell and Prof. Grossman to be the 

 result of afungus, and since the disease— If sucli 

 It can be termed— is understood, I think we can 

 handle it successfully. Many tre.s supposed to 

 have the yellows aro.,not in reality atlrcu-d with 

 the disease, their sickly appearance being, the 

 result of improper nourishment in the form of 

 potash and phosphoric acid. I have known 

 trees that were afl'ected with tlie yellows in reality 

 which were restored, not only to vigor but also 

 to frultfulness, by a liberal application of mu- 

 riate of potash and severe pruning. These are 

 the onlv remedies that I have to oB'er, and I am 

 thoroughly convinced they are the only ones 

 iiece.ssary'to battle with this dire enemy. The 

 drawback to peach culture in the vicinity of 

 this CUV and northward, however, is the killing 

 of the buds In winter. .\s many are aware, 

 prior to the winter of 1S81-S2, peach buds were 

 not injured to any extent throughout the Hud- 

 son River district and sSuthward for a period of 

 at least ten years; but since then they have been 

 injured to a grea'.er or less extent each winter. 

 But this is no reason why they should be injured 

 in the future. Were it not for this one risk 

 peaches would soon be grown so largely that the 

 producers of even the tinest crops would not 

 And them profitable. We must take the risk If 

 we would have the gain. 



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