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Bankman's Free, also large and good, perfecting the mid- 

 dle of August. 



Onderdonk's Favorite, a large, yellow, juicy, July peach. 



Cablets Indian, a cling-stone of large size, ripening also 

 in July, and with the peculiarity of purple or reddish flesh, 

 whence, we presume, its name of "Indian." 



Thus we see that any fruit grower of Florida may, by a 

 judicious selection of varieties, secure a full supply of this 

 delicious fruit during at least seven months in the year, 

 these months, too, covering a period when this fruit brings 

 almost fabulous prices in the cities north of us. 



In short, we need here in Florida but to set out peach 

 orchards as we set out orange groves, and give them as 

 much attention, to obtain another source of income just as 

 generous and reliable as the much-vaunted golden fruit, 

 yielding, too, a larger sum per acre ; for while one hundred 

 and eight is the largest number of orange trees permissible 

 to an acre, peach growers, placing their trees fifteen by fif- 

 teen feet, have space for one hundred and ninety-three 

 trees. 



And now let us pass on to that most important consider- 

 ation, the proper care of the peach tree. 



First of all, in setting out the trees let the hole be well 

 spaded, raised in the center, with a hole for the tap-root, 

 and large enough to admit of the roots being spread out as 

 nature intended them to be ; do n't crowd them in a bunch 

 on one side or against the stem, that is a slovenly method, 

 and unworthy of an intelligent being ; they need to cover 

 all the ground they can to procure food enough for their 

 foster parent ; then spread out the roots carefully, and to 

 do this you must " stoop to conquer." Throw the earth 

 carefully upon them until the hole is half filled, then raise 

 a bucket of water as high as you conveniently can, and 

 pour half of it down around the stem ; this will pack the 



