1230 PEACH 



Peaches can be readily seen and handled. The fruit 

 from well-thinned trees usually sells for twice as much 

 as that from overloaded trees, and the vigor of the 

 trees is conserved at the same time; and the grower 

 has the satisfaction of selling a superior product. 

 There are two rules for the workman to observe in the 

 thinning of fruit: (1) removal of in.iured or inferior 

 fruits; (2) allow no two fruits to stand closer together 

 than the distance which has been decided on— say about 

 six inches for Peaches. 



Marketing. — It growers an' iiL'f;li;;('iit in thinning the 

 fruit, they are too often pii-r M ' 1\ ■■■■<!■• h -- m miikrting 

 it. Even in years of low I ir; ! tally 



packed fruit brings goo<I p i ,i in-xr-s 



of California Peaches, con t, Mil in:' u: , i , |.. ,i 1 1 i;ii . will 

 sell readily for $2 to $4, whiM li-ni. :ji"".ri irmi -''IN 



be the better by the time it r.'iicli, - ih, , mh-hiih i , 



There are se%'eral faults wiih .■c.riii]i..ri m. i lio,!- ■■r 

 handling Peaches. The pa.-kai;t-s aiL. tuo lar-i . The 

 fruit is not graded and selected; in fact, it is not well 

 grown. There are often no wooden covers on the bas- 

 kets, and, as a consequence, that part of the package 



Peach ( 



of large and 

 small flowered Peaches 



(X a) 



wh h sho 1 1 look the e t s all tl e o t j 

 and crushei In observ n" the m ket o e find 

 quite half the packages are ot f II I e tl ej 

 the salesman The Peach s a le t fr t a 1 

 con 1 and a fancy price Th f re 1 HI] 

 in la nty baskets and the pi ka^e i 111 1 



the fr 1 1 Peaches in 1 u hel 1 a k 

 of deals the bushel package ) 

 and t r i 



In Ne 1 M I I 



age ha 1 1 II 1 i i 1 



however 1 1 III 



have c I I ' I 



PEACH 



is removed from the crown with a hoe or strong iron 

 trowi-1, and wliiiiever a hole is discovered in the bark 

 or ^'iii:i i- ' Ml liii-. the bark is cut away with a knife 

 Vint)! •' ,' : .Ihcovered. Not all the grubs can 



be 'i I .1 I ly one grubbing. It is well to go over 



tin 1 , i i , r.illowing May or June, to catch the 



laij _ I. they pupate. The grubbing of trees 



nun III I: ■■ i h.l.orious operation, but it is not ex- 

 P' II- ! ' I. <|uontly and thoroughly. It does not 



cnm; ■ J [! iiiing in cost or labor. It is the only 



sun- ;ii,,l ,iii-i;h hiiv way to avoid injury by borers. 



The enreulio attacks the fruit. Soon after the blos- 

 soms fall the small weevil or beetle, which resembles 

 a pea-bug, lays its eggs in the fruit; and from these 

 eggs a grub soon hatches, and the Peach becomes 

 \v^)rmy. The eggs are laid during a considerable period 

 -from two to four weeks— depending on the location 

 and the season. The insect is more or less dormant in 

 the cool of the morning and will drop when the tree 

 is jarred, and this allows the peach-grower a chance of 

 catching it. A large sheet, covering the spread of the 

 top, is laid under the tree and the tree is jarred quickly 

 two or three times, when the curculio falls, and it is then 

 picked from the sheet. There are various apparatus for 

 catching the curculio, all working on the above principle. 

 One of the best of these is a 2-wheeled rig, something 

 like a wheelbarrow, which carries a large canvas or 

 muslin hopper. There is an opening in the hopper op- 

 posite the operator, to allow the hopper to be wheeled 

 n ler the tree so thit the trunk n aj stand near the 



Idle of the ach ne Wl e the n ach ne s in place 



the operator g es the tree two r tl r e ] 1 thumps 



ind the m ect i op I II t n or z nc 



r ej tacle at the ai e\ f tl I 1 nsect 



1 e si aken Th 1 g n early 



tl e m r ilU 1 y 1 t explo 



rat n th tl e 1 gf;, ng 1 I la weel 



after the 1 lo fall If i t t I the oper 



t on IS cont n e 1 If the nsects are very al ndant the 

 1 Ut,g n» \\ II nee 1 to be lone e ery n ini g but if thej 

 arc not al 1 t t 1 e e e o r tl e 



1 Kntat o 1 1 k Tl 1 



cont n 1 1 1 1 



ent qua till I I I 



harl a d flr t 

 real Ij It swell 1 

 as poss ble and if 1 

 w th a si cker or 1 

 fo e the b go- nf, ] 

 cat 1 ng s do e o 

 fi t All Peacl e 

 attacke 11 tl e c r 



t k 



I 1 as early 

 ftj to go over it 



I le ent just be 

 \tte the c rculio 



I th ni mg of th 

 ce of hav ng bee 

 ke 1 th s IS an 

 che k 



a y ins dious 



tl e vorst IS yel 



It IS not a 



II OS ind ill 



Peach all I 



works in the ro f the t ee e 



ground Tl e borer itself is the lar a ot a wasp 1 ke 



moth It IS an annual insect comj-let n" its 1 fe cycle 



witl n a twelvemonth The eggs are la 1 n n er 



By Octobe n most parts of the co ntr\ the larva 



is large eno gh to be detected In September or Octo 



ber, therefore, it is well to grub the trees. The earth 



t yet 

 table 



These Peacl e gen lally 



nearly right angles to the shoot. Sometimes these tips 



