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top. Never prunes afterward. His peaches nearly all ripen during the latter 

 part of August and early September. The cold weather injured the budded trees, 

 but the seedlings were not hurt. His peaches cook sometimes on the sunny side. 

 He is not troubled with curculio or any other kind of insect but grasshoppers. 

 Has never sprayed for any purpose, and knows nothing of any peach-tree dis- 

 eases. Grows no crop whatever among his trees and never allows live stock in 

 them. He does not irrigate. His peaches are all sold in the orchard, y)ringing 

 from seventy-five cents to one dollar per bushel. He uses the refuse for drying. 

 He does not think it would pay to plant largely in his locality. Says his trees 

 are in good shape, Vjut that many of the buds are killed. Grant county is the 

 second county from both the Colorado and Oklahoma lines, in the southwestern 

 part of the state. 



D. M. Truebl«)od, Tribune, Greeley county, grows a few peaches; some 

 Crosby, all others are seedlings. They are on common prairie soil, northeast 

 slope. 12xlG feet apart. Trimmed tops to half the size of roots at planting. 

 Says a large yellow grasshopper eats the bark from the trees. 



J. P. Emery, Cimarron, Gray county, experienced in Kansas for twelve 

 years, has fifty bearing peach trees, set four years ago, all budded fruit, compris- 

 ing Foster, Crosby, Early and Late Crawford, Alexander, Heath Cling, Mixon, 

 and Hale's Early. They are on black soil, which he says does not blow, and slopes 

 to south. Prefers to plant two-year-old trees, trimming to a straight stick, not 

 interfering with the roots, and plants fifteen feet apart. Thinks the extreme cold 

 of February, 1899, killed many of his trees. Sprays once a month with London 

 purple and lime, and is bothered only by grasshoppers. No diseases whatever. 

 Grows garden crops among the trees; allows only turkeys and chickens among 

 the trees, with orders to catch the grasshoppers. He irrigates from a reservoir 

 70 X 70 feet, filled by wind pump. Prices range from $1 to $1.50 per bushel. 



tTosepli Lewis, Bluff City, Harper county, has been in the state twenty- 

 three years, and has 1000 peach trees in bearing, and a great number of smaller 

 ones. Of his bearing trees 900 are seedlings, of which 100 bear fine fruit both 

 in .size and quality. His trees have been planted from four to eighteen years, 

 on dark, sandy bottom; he thinks this best. Prefers level land and a north 

 slope. He is growing Early and Late Crawfords and Elberta. Is putting out 

 some Triumph trees this spring. Has discarded several varieties on account of 

 failure to bear, and short-lived. Would recommend, for market, Elberta, Late 

 Crawford, Heath Cling, and the most profitable of all the seedlings, one of his 

 own, which produces fine fruit when the budded varieties fail. Plants two-year- 

 old trees, twenty feet apart, which are trimmed to a stick. Heads back bearing 

 trees, and believes it the best way. His Crawford's Late comes about Septem- 

 ber 1 ; Heath Cling, October 15. Cold of last winter killed the fruit of all budded 

 trees, but did not seriously injure the seedlings. Seedlings sometimes cook in 

 September on the sunny side. Curculio often affect his early freestones. Has 

 sprayed successfully. No other insects or diseases trouble his trees. Grows no 

 crops among his trees; has some deer, but they make no trouble. Does not irri- 

 gate. Picks from a step-ladder into baskets, and markets in both baskets and 

 crates, packing them carefully, so that the cover will press lightly. Gives the 

 small and specked ones to the pigs. His best market is in the Cherokee strip, 

 but he sells mostly in the orchard, at from fifty to seventy-five cents per bushel. 

 Thinks it would not pay to plant them largely in his vicinity. Says further: " I 



