48 THE KANSAS PEACH. 



"Do you sow oats in the berry l^ushes?" 

 "Certainly; and for the same reason." 

 "What about leaf curl and other fungous diseases'?" 

 "That is entirely controlled by thorough spraying. We spray 

 with copper sulphate in March to destroy the spores in the buds 

 which produce the leaf -curl fungus, and later with Bordeaux mixture. 

 Good fruit cannot be produced without strong, healthy foliage, and 

 spraying is the only remedy -. h\it we must begin in time and do it 

 thoroughly." 



Mr. Morrill always works to a well-considered plan and a definite 

 object in view. If everybody would adopt his methods and put such 

 magnificent fruit on the market, the consumption would be so large 

 we should not hear of a glutted market, and high prices would al- 

 ways prevail. I ate one of these big four-and-a-half-inch-in-diameter 

 peaches sent to the Philadelphia meeting of the American Pomological 

 Society. I shall always remember that peach as the most delicious 

 thing I ever tasted. 



SOME NOTES ON VARIETIES OF PEACHES. 



From the SoiUJicrn Florist ond Gardener. 

 ELBERTA. 



Frequent inquiries are made as to the best varieties of j)eaches for 

 the South. It has been our custom to place special emphasis on four 

 varieties, namely, Elberta, Sneed, Greensboro, and Triumph. These 

 sorts are most highly spoken of in the Practical Farmer, of Phila- 

 delphia, the horticultural department of which is edited by that emi- 

 nent horticulturist, Joseph Meehan. He says concerning the Elberta : 

 "The present season has seen our city markets well supplied with 

 splendid fruit of this variety. Those who saw and tasted the fruit 

 will be skeptical no longer. It is a splendid sort. The fruit spoken 

 of came from Georgia, and was in our Philadelphia market during the 

 latter part of July. In both quality and size it is much superior to 

 any we have been accustomed to seeing so early in the season." 



SNEED. 



Mr. J. Van Lindley, president of the North Carolina Horticultural 

 Society, writes the following about the other varieties named above : 

 The Sneed commenced rii^ening first, and is a j)each of fine quality, 

 ripening on the tree to perfection, and is generally well colored with 

 bright crimson. It is most valuable for home orchards and local mar- 

 kets, and is all right for markets which can be reached the morning 

 after gathering, but too tender for distant markets and long hauls. It 

 commences to ripen about ten days ahead of the old Alexander, and 



