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the time it ought to be checked, giving them time to ripen 

 before hard freezes occur. All are essential characteristics 

 for a cover-crop where the conditions to be met are similar 

 to those enumerated above. 



Other cover-crops 



Numerous other crops than those named are used in 

 peach orchards. Many of them are of value locally, but the 

 ones mentioned meet a wide range of conditions. They 

 are typical. In this connection, weeds, if they are annuals 

 and not obnoxious in any way, may and often do serve a 

 useful purpose. In a measure they do what any non- 

 leguminous cover-crop does in supplying a winter cover for 

 the soil, protecting the roots of the trees, and in making 

 humus. 



