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that are carrying the safe planting line farther and farther 

 North. It is up to the experiment stations in various 

 states to experiment with seedlings and find what varieties 

 can be grown. I believe in specialties and while the aver- 

 age farmer can grow the peaches he wants for his family 

 supply, he doubted whether he could make money growing 

 peaches and running the farm, too. 



I haven't any doubt but what there are suitable lands 

 in Massachusetts to plant 20,000,000 peach trees. There 

 might not be a market for these when they all matured, but 

 I don't believe so many will ever be planted. You have- 

 the market here, the soil here, the climate here. 



Massachusetts, certain portions of it, has just as fine 

 peach growing climate and soil on the average, as any other 

 state, and it has the market. 



DISCUSSION 



What are the best varieties for Massachusetts? 



The more hardy are the white peaches. People know 

 whether or not they like to eat a yellow or white-fleshed 

 peach. As people become greater purchasers of high-grade 

 products the more they want the white-fleshed peacues^ 

 New England is the section where they will pay more for 

 white-fleshed peaches. The Greensboro is hardy ana early 

 and would ripen about the first of August ; Waddell, a low, 

 broad-spreading tree ; the Carman, hardy, large in size, a- 

 money-maker; Champion, will grow to pretty good size, if 

 not thinned at all ; should be picked before it is fully ripened 

 because it is so tender; Belle of Georgia ripens before EI- 

 berta, sweet and rich ; Elberta is not as hardy, far more 

 tender when growing, it is a money maker ; Crosby is a peach 

 of great value, as a rule the average fruit grower will tell 

 you that the Crosby is too small, yet as a matter of fact 

 the biggest peach I ever grew in my life was a Crosby. It 

 has a very small pit, a very rich, delicious flavor; Hills 

 Chili, a weak grower, needs excessive stimulation, tremen- 

 dous thinning. Very dry, can be kept two weeks after be- 

 ing taken from the tree. 



What proportion would you set out? 



It depends entirely upon your market, your labor con- 

 ditions, etc. 



For planting peaches in Massachusetts, should much at- 

 tention be given to slope of the land? 



