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THE AMERICAN PEACH ORCHARD 



"Rotation, between the fruit plantations them- 

 selves, may be very desirable in some cases. If one 

 has a hundred-acre farm on which he wishes to make 

 a specialty of peaches, he might set aside six fields 

 of 10 acres each, and set them in 1 2-year rotations 

 or blocks, planting a new orchard every three years. 

 In this way there would always be a new orchard 

 coming into bearing, the grower could apply the 

 experience of one orchard to the succeeding one, 

 and he could prepare the land thoroughly in advance 

 of each setting. This preparing of the land is ex- 

 ceedingly important in most cases and is usually 

 neglected. It often should include thorough under- 

 drainage. The following display shows how this 

 plan would work out. The black face figures 



ROTATION SCHEME OF PEACH ORCHARDS 

 Black figures represent bearing years 



