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ever knew, if -you get close to him and treat him right, will grow 

 to be a better man all the time, and will also help you to be a better 

 man. And the whole business is a mutual uplift. You cannot do 

 business any other way profitably and for a long time. Don't dis- 

 courage the buyer who comes out to buy in the orchard. Encour- 

 age F. O. B. sales as far as possible. Now, I am speaking of the 

 large groAvers; those who ship by the carload or quantity. If you 

 are shipping to market and getting 50 cents a package, and some 

 man wants to buy them at the orchard and offers you 45 cents, en- 

 courage him to come there with his money. That will encourage 

 others to come. Encourage the F. O. B. buyer as much as possible. 

 You know where you stand, and when you go to bed at uight, you 

 will sleep like a Christian. 



PEACHES FOR PENNSYLVANIA 



By JOHN P. STEWART, Ph. D., Experimental Pomologist, State College, Pa. 



In commercial importance the peach is next to the apple at the 

 present time in this State. Its relative quickness of returns makes 

 it an especially desirable fruit crop. The industry is now best de- 

 veloped in the southern part of the State, where exist especially the 

 conditions of climate, elevation and soil that makes this fruit un- 

 usually regular and profitable in bearing. As a result, in certain 

 sections it has shown some remarkable values, |2,000 per acre in 

 gross returns having been obtained from considerable acreages within 

 ten years from planting. Some attention to peach production is 

 also given in the more northern sections of the State, though the 

 crop there is, of course, less certain and only the hardier varieties are 

 likely to succeed. 



SOIL, PURCHASING OF TREES, PLANTING AND OTHER CARE 



The soil for peaches in general should be somewhat lighter (sand- 

 ier) than that for apples, though with proper moisture conditions, 

 air-drainage and care, satisfactory results may be obtained with 

 certain varieties even on the heavier soils. The soil should be 

 thoroughly prepared before planting, at least as well as for corn. 



In the purchase of trees, it is well to guard especially against 

 yellows, since it is apparently often transmitted in nursery stock. 

 This is probably best done by dealing only Avith nurserymen who are 

 thoroughly acquainted with the disease and who take proper care to 

 exclude it. This precaution is necessary, since the presence of the 

 disease on the young trees can often not be detected until one or 

 two years after planting. The trees on receipt should also be care- 

 fully examined for borers. One-year-old trees, of about five-eighths- 

 inch "caliper," are best to buy, — better than "June buds," — and the 

 height is of relatively little importance. 



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