MR JO X ATM AN CAKPENTER'S FRIIT FARM 



Fig. 1107. — Avenue of Norway Spruck. 



order of ripening : — Alexander and 

 Rivers, varieties that succeed well, and 

 give a crop almost annually ; Yel/oiv St. 

 John, one of the finest of early peaches 

 for Southern Ontario, more productive 

 than Alexander or Crawford. Six year 

 old trees have borne three crops, and in 

 1896 averaged five baskets per tree; 

 they also command a higher price than 

 even the Crawford, probably because 

 earlier. Early Crawford does finely, 

 six year old trees average four or five 

 baskets per tree annually, of magnificent 

 samples ; Crosby and Lnughiirst and 

 Bowslaugh's Late come next, and are 

 excellent varieties. The two latter are, 



however, so much alike that Mr. Car- 

 penter does not see any choice between 

 them. The Crosby sells the best of the 

 three in his experience. Smock is his 

 best late variety. 



The secret of Mr. Carpenter's success 

 with his peach orchard, aside from his 

 soil, is manure and cultivation : he 

 applies ' a heavy dressing of barnyard 

 manure and ashes annually, and gives 

 his orchard constant cultivation, until 

 the fruit is nearly ripe. 



Besides his peaches, he has about 600 

 pear trees, 300 [)lum trees, and a small 

 vineyard. 



Palms. — The cooler varieties, usually 

 grown in houses, like a night tempera- 

 ture of 55 degrees or ten degrees high- 

 er ; a north or east window is best ; 



Repot only when ball is crowded 

 with roots, and only in spring or sum- 

 mer. Sponge foliage frequently with 

 clean water. 



