THE KANSAS PEACH. 



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Fig. 2. 



Fig. 1. 

 From Canadian Horticulturist. 



as it grows, to the stub, to keep winds from breaking it out. This in- 

 serted bud will soon grow and form a new tree, and the variety will 

 invariably be exactly like the parent from which the bud was taken. 

 These young trees with budded tops are ready the next spring to be 

 set in the orchard. 



SOME PEACH NOTES. 



By Hugh N. Staenes, in Bulletin No. 42 of the Georgia Experiment Station ; 

 Part I, "Peach Culture." 



So important, of late years, has the peach industry become, that 

 information of any kind bearing either directly or indirectly on the 

 subject is of interest to a very large portion of our citizens, There- 

 fore, we present a few notes on the behavior, during the past season, 

 of the standard varieties common in this section. As an introduction, 

 we insert a short clipping on the culture of the peach, using largely 

 for this purpose a condensation of a very practical and concise, yet 

 comprehensive essay, by Mr. G. H. Miller, of Rome, Ga., originally 

 published as a press bulletin by the Georgia experiment station. 



Mr. Miller's directions will be supplemented by a few miscellaneous 

 notes on points not sufficiently elaborated by him. 



I — LOCATION. ■ 



A most important factor in the problem of successful peach culture 

 is to know how to select a location for an orchard, so as to secure the 

 greatest immunity from the effects of the late frosts. While it is hard 

 to determine the best location without special observation for each 



