FEETILIZING PEACHES 



intimately associated in the production of those plant juices 

 which are rather sour and which tend to give a high flavor 

 and superior quality to such fruits as the peach. 



Many plants which are attacked with various fungous 

 diseases are able to withstand the ravages of these diseases 

 more effectively when amply supplied with potash. It is 

 reasonable to suppose that if this is true of grasses and other 

 crops it will also apply in an equal degree to the peach, 

 which is troubled, as every experienced grower knows, with 

 many diseases of this character. 



This presents in a rather succinct form, some of the 

 influences which potash is known to exert on the life activi- 

 ties of such crops as the peach. It is evident that everyone 

 concerned in their cultivation should inform himself fully 

 relative to these matters, for it is quite likely that in the 

 absence of a plentiful supply of available potash the results 

 secured from the orchard will be unsatisfactory, whereas 

 an intelligent and liberal application of this element will 

 overcome any deficiency which may naturally exist and 

 insure profitable returns from the orchard through a long 

 period of years. 



Results of Fertilizer Experiments with Peaches 



While the deductions of scientific men and the informa- 

 tion gleaned from the experiences of others are always im- 

 portant to consider, it is well in making statements, such 



