44 One Thousand Questions in Agriculture 



Peach Fillers in Apple Orchard. 



/ have heard some talk against planting peach fillers in an apple 

 orchard. What is your opinion on the subject^ 



There is no objection providing the peach is profitable in the 

 locaHty; and that point you must look into. The peach trees will 

 not injure the apples unless they are allowed to stand too long. 

 In that case they would interfere with the development of the apple. 



Grafting Peach on Almond. 



May I expect to get good results by grafting some kind of peach 

 to ig-ycar-old almond tree? If so, xvhat kind of peach will be best? 

 When shall I do grafting;' 



Peaches take to the almond all right. Cut off and graft in the 

 branches above the main forking of the tree; leaving at least one 

 large branch to be grafted later or to be cut out entirely if you 

 have peach growth enough to fill the top sufficiently. Graft in any 

 kind of peach you find to be worth growing. Graft toward the latter 

 part of the dormant season, say when the buds are swelling for a 

 new start. 



Peaches on Apricot. 



/ have a three-year-old peach orchard grafted or budded on apricot 

 roots, and interspersed through the orchard are young apricot trees, 

 from half-inch to inch and a half in diameter, zvhich sprang from the 

 root, the peach bud or graft having died. I budded these over to peaches 

 in summer, but the buds all died for some cause. What is nozv the 

 best course to transform them into peach trees? If a graft, what form 

 of graft, and approximately vohen should it be made? 



You can graft peach scions into the apricot sprouts by taking 

 the peach scions of the varieties you desire while the tree is per- 

 fectly dormant, keeping them in a cool place and putting in the 

 grafts just as the buds are beginning to swell on the apricot stock. 

 The scions can be buried in the earth in the shade of a fence or 

 building, selecting a place, however, which is moist enough and yet 

 where the water does not gather. The ordinary form of top grafting 

 in stems an inch or more in diameter will work well. The half-inch 

 stems can be whip-grafted successfully. You will have to wax well 

 and see that the wax coating is kept sound until the growth starts. 



Replanting After Root-knots. 



In digging out some old peach trees, I find now and then a tree 

 affected with root knot. I am burning the root, of course, but as these 

 trees are scattered in the orchard, I tvish to plant young trees in same 

 locations, thus preserving the rotvs. Can new stock be safely put in the 

 earth from zvhich the old tree is removed? If treatment of the soil is 

 essential, zvhat is recommended? 



Dig a good large hole, removing the earth, and fill with new earth 

 from between the rows, and in this way healthy growth ought to be 



