TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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I. PEACH-GROWING GEOGRAPHY 1 



II. CLIMATOLOGY 12 



III. SOILS AND EXPOSURES 32 



IV. How TO GET THE TREES 43 



V. ORCHARD PLANTING 57 



VI. GENERAL MANAGEMENT 67 



VII. COVER CROPS 82 



VIII. THE USE OF FERTILIZERS 93 



IX. PRUNING AND RENOVATION 105 



X. INSECT ENEMIES 120 



XL DISEASES OF TREE AND FRUIT 134 



XII. SPRAYING 143 



XIII. MARKETING THE CROP 160 



XIV. THE FAMILY ORCHARD 179 



XV. BOTANICAL AND POMOLOGICAL STATUS 185 



XVI. CHOOSING VARIETIES 191 



XVII. VARIETY CATALOG 198 



XVIII. THE NECTARINE 210 



XIX. UTILIZING THE FRUIT 213 



XX. HISTORICAL SKETCH 233 



INDEX . ._ 237 



