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To thin out fruit on the peach tree, cut the fruit- 

 ing wood out instead of taking off the peaches or 

 the blossoms. The best fruit will grow nearest 

 the ground. Trees should be allowed to spread out 

 rather than to grow tall, and this is accomplished 

 by the pruning. 



A peach is best when fully ripened on the tree, so 

 that it is just ready to drop. Peaches picked green 

 are not fit for eating, and even when cooked will 

 lack the delicate flavor which they should have. 



When scale attacks the peach trees, spray with 

 kerosene emulsion, making the application with a 

 stiff brush so as to remove as many insects as 

 possible at the time. All fallen leaves should be 

 burned. 



Peach leaf curl causes ugly blisters on the leaves 

 and curls them up at the edges. A reliable remedy 

 has not yet been discovered, but the location has 

 been proven to be of importance. Cold winds 

 have been found to coincide with this trouble and 

 protection should be given. Spraying, just when 

 the leaf buds begin to open, with ammoniacal solu- 

 tion of copper carbonate will aid by rendering the 

 tree immune from infection by wind-borne spores 

 from neighboring trees. 



