STONE FRUITS: THE PEACH 

 Varieties 



If the peach is grown locally learn what varieties 

 succeed best. 



If the peach is not grown locally learn whether a few 

 trees have not succeeded in past years. In many places 

 peaches could be grown for home use where none are 

 now planted. 



Peach Diseases 



Learn whether any of these diseases are destructive 

 to peaches locally : 



Peach Yellows Peach Leaf-curl 



Peach Rosette Brown Rot 



Inquire whether orchards sprayed with lime-sulphur 

 solution are badly injured by leaf-curl and brown rot. 



Find mummied peaches on the trees. Bring some to 

 school and place under an inverted tumbler on a pane 

 of glass. Keep moist and see the development of the 

 spores in velvety masses. 



Each pupil should remove such mummied peaches on 

 trees at home. 



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