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THE FRUIT INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK STATE 



Dunkirk Series. These soils are adapted to peach growing be- 

 cause of their position bordering Lake Ontario, because of their 

 natural good drainage, and because their warmth produces highly 

 colored and well-flavored fruit. Owing to the rapid growth made 

 by the peach and the type of soils on which it is grown, it is gen- 

 erally found necessary to add fertility to the soil. In most cases 

 an occasional light application of barnyard manure is used. Some- 

 times this is supplemented with commercial fertilizers. 



CULTURAL METHODS 



The peach produces its fruit on wood of the previous year's 

 growth. It therefore becomes necessary for considerable new 

 growth to be produced each season, in order to obtain a crop the 

 following year. This growth must be well matured in order that 

 the fruit buds may withstand the cold snap of our winters. 

 It has been found practicable to adopt a system of cultivation 

 that will encourage rapid growth of wood early in the season and 

 check this growth so that it will properly mature before winter 

 sets in. 





FIG. 335. TREES PLANTED 18 FEET APART NEARLY TOUCH AT FIVE 

 YEARS. CLEAN CULTIVATION is FOLLOWED UNTIL JULY 15, THEN 

 WEEDS ARE ALLOWED TO GROW. 





