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account solely, unless they have suffered quite 

 severely from the ravages of the worm. How- 

 ever, it is always preferable to obtain trees 

 entirely exempt from this injury. 



Dwarfs and Standards. The peach is 

 dwarfed, by working it upon a plum-stock. 

 For a very cold climate these dwarfs are con- 

 sidered more hardy than standards. They 

 are also well adapted to cold clayey soils, 

 which are unfit for the peach root. With 

 these exceptions, dwarf peach-trees are not 

 valuable to cultivate, unless it may be as 

 curiosities. 



Soil " The very best soil for the peach, ); 

 says Downing, " is a rich, deep sandy loam ; 

 next to this, a strong mellow loam." Thomas 

 recommends " a light soil ;" Kenrick, " a rich, 

 sandy loam." An extremely rich soil, in our 

 cold climate, sometimes imparts too rank a 

 growth to the tree, thereby rendering it rather 

 too tender to brave the severity of the winter. 



Distance. Twelve or fourteen feet apart is 

 a sufficient distance for the trees of a New 

 England orchard. The trees may be set in 

 rows extending north and south, the rows be- 

 ing twelve to sixteen feet apart, and the trees 

 eight to ten feet apart in the rows. This will 



