PEACHES IN WESTERN NEW YORK 1075 



THE OUTLOOK 



The peach crop, always uncertain and never as profitable as it 

 is reputed, has received several severe setbacks in the past four 

 -casons. The crops of 1912 and l()lf> were so large that it was 

 impossible for growers to harvest them at a profit, and thousands 

 of bushels rotted on the ground. During the winter of 1913-1914 

 the peach fruit buds were so damaged by the cold that the result- 

 ing crop in the fall of 1914 was almost nil. Thus only the season 

 of 1913 remains during recent years in which the peach growers 

 could figure much profit. Under such conditions, there is not 

 sufficient profit in the industry to maintain itself. 



I ; K;. 339. AN S-YEAR-OLD PEACH TREE, PRUNED TO KEEP THE BEARING 

 WOOD Low. ALL FRUIT CAN BE PICKED FROM THE GROUND. (COM- 

 PARE FIGS. 336 AND 339.) 



It is not probable that such a general failure as that of 1914 

 will happen again in several years, although there is always such 

 a chance. There is, however, every reason to expect the repetition 

 "f the crop of 1915. With peaches from the Virginias, Maryland, 

 Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New York all 

 coming on the market at the same time, the only hope for the re- 

 newal of profitable peach growing under our present system of 

 marketing, lies in the fact that western New York may have a 

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