FRUITS 



peaches, they are so shy and uncertain. 

 But when they do bear, the fruit is delicious 

 and you are well rewarded for all the prun- 

 ing and cultivation and care. 



Every year in March, the trees must be 

 pruned and sprayed with the Bordeaux, and 

 again sprayed after the blossoms have fallen, 

 and a third time after the young fruit has 

 formed if there are any signs of fungus 

 diseases. 



Wood ashes and muriate of potash are 

 considered by many to be the best fer- 

 tilizers for peach trees. Barnyard manure 

 and bone meal are also excellent. The fer- 

 tilizers should be dug into the ground around 

 the trees early in the Spring. If muriate of 

 potash is used, from two to three pounds 

 for a full-grown tree is the usual quantity. 

 The advantage of potash over other fertil- 

 izers is in the color it imparts to the fruit. 

 The same quantity of bone meal or wood 

 ashes could be used, if preferred. Half the 

 quantity of fertilizer used for grown trees 

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