Potash in Its Relation to 

 Peach Growing 



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The peach industry is one of great economic importance 

 throughout certain sections of the United States and pro- 

 vides one of the most, luscious of all fruits. The peach is 

 one of the most difficult of all fruits to cultivate and man- 

 age successfully. This is because it is more sensitive to a 

 greater variety of conditions than other tree fruits, and to 

 the fact that it ordinarily gives its best results on soils 

 which are often regarded as poorly adapted to general cul- 

 tivation. The very difficulties met with in the production 

 of the peach on a successful commercial scale make its 

 growth highly profitable under skillful management in those 

 locations to which it is naturally well adapted. It is a 

 fruit which must be grown as nearly to perfection as possi- 

 ble in order to command the highest price on the market. 

 To peach specialists, therefore, all knowledge pertaining to 

 the fertilization of this crop and the influence which spe- 

 cialized plant foods may exert on its quality and appearance 

 is of the greatest importance, from both a practical and an 

 economic point of view. While orchard crops through the 



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