104 THE AMERICAN PEACH ORCHARD 



ing have a great influence on the methods of fer- 

 tilization. Furthermore, the tastes and ideas of men 

 vary, and these personal factors have to be taken 

 into account also. They are of the greatest signifi- 

 cance in fruit growing, for after all the man is more 

 important than the soil, the climate or the peach 

 tree. 



