GROWING PEACHES IN MINNESOTA. 239 



PARIS GREEN. 



Paris green 1 lb. 



Lime (freish) 1 lb. 



Water 200 gals. 



For dry application. — 1 lb. Paris green with 50 lbs. land plaster, 

 slaked lime or any other perfectly dry powder. 

 For insects which eat foliage. 



HELLEBORE. 



White Hellebore I oz. 



Water 2 gals. 



Or to be dusted undiluted over attacked plants. 



PYRETHRUM (Insect Powdcr). 



Pj'rethrum powder 1 oz. 



Water 3 gals. 



For dry application. — Mix thoroughly one part by weight of in- 

 sect powder with four of cheap flour, and keep in a close vessel for 

 twenty-four hours before dusting over plants attacked. 



— Canadian Horticulturist. 



GROWING PEACHES IN MINNESOTA. 



M. PEARCE, CHOWEN. 



From my own experience and that of others, I know that peaches 

 can be grown in Minnesota at a profit. Soil, location and the kinds 

 grown must be carefully selected. It is but a few out of the many 

 that do well in this climate. We set out about twenty kinds, and 

 the trees all grew and did well. When they fruited there was but 

 one that was first-class in size, season and quality; three of the oth- 

 ers were fairly good, but the balance remained green and hard till 

 frost. The peach business is precisely like that of the apple. When 

 we find out what kinds do well, it will pay to set them out in quan- 

 tities. 



We have plum stock for budding and consider it much better in 

 this climate, in every respect, than the peach. The plum pits are 

 planted in the fall, and the following season they make a growth of 

 three or four feet, if on good soil and well cultivated. They are 

 budded with the peach, near the ground, the last of August fol- 

 lowing. 



The buds make a fine stocky growth the next season and fruit the 

 following 3'ear. Transplant to orchard after the first year's growth 

 from the bud. Place two short boards on opposite sides of the 

 roots to force the new roots to grow in two directions. The roots 

 should be well shortened in before setting out. Late in the fall, 

 when the trees are to be laid down for winter, remove the earth from 

 one side that has no roots from six to ten inches, push or pull the 

 trees over to the ground, bending the top roots. Place a weight on 

 the tree to hold it down and fill up the hole around the roots with 

 good, moist earth. Let the trees remain in this condition till De- 

 cember and then cover the trees with marsh hay or sonaething of 

 that nature, ten or fifteen inches thick. Remove all covering the 

 last of March or the first of April. A warm, sandy soil is the place 

 to grow peaches; also one free from frost. 



