not set in until tli,' lattrr p:irt of . 

 near the euil "f idf !'.-r,.-ii -Itiiii 



however, they I- ' ■''•■■. ■- . 



weeks, and in tii' 

 G weeks right iln i i 



vest. Hot sun l.-u>> ■ n -h".'.' r^ 

 Kiness of a warm clinuito raiii'll 

 fungus, and brown rot is prevail 

 tree. Spraying with straight B" 

 before the buds swell in the sprii 

 mort- when tlj.- fniii i^ .l.v,l..pi,i; 



early August, 

 ason. Often, 

 lue for 2 or 3 



it rained for 

 u; Peach har- 



U'l'iic'i-al niug- 



1 111.' ni.,nilia 

 ■Ml'. Iniiting 



inoh and a halt 



l:ii ", . ■ ' • ..I ■■ .: : ■ r. ,; . :,i'ly Peaches, 



Ili:i1 :ni- In in-, i ■:■ ii im i : phi.H.il, l.iMiiaU, of e.xtra 



sizr an<l gi-rat beauty, fciilows a little lati-r; while yt. 

 John, Mountain Rose, Thurber, Belle of Georgia, El- 

 berta and Stump, make up most of the rest of heavy 

 planting ; while Emma and Prances are being most 

 largely planted to close up the season from the 1st to 

 the 10th of August. Some Peaches of the Crawford 

 type are grown all through the South, but they do 



succeed as well as most 

 and none of the Persians d 

 the North China strains, t 

 B 11 1 Elb ta belong 

 t w 1 h the Pe n to Hoi 



1 b t n Fl da and 

 W 1 I tl 1 tt t tl 



tl n t g ne ally j 



of the Persian strain. 

 1 as well in the far South as 

 « which Waddell Thurber 

 The So th Ch a Pea h 

 V a 1 Ang I I long s c 



and by pla 

 ght I ef 



later ones to follow i 

 than 75 per cent of the plautiiis^s wire of Elberta, since 

 that time not more than 15 to 20 per cent of Elberta 

 have been planted. There Is a better balance of varie- 

 ties, and a longer and more protitable season of mar- 

 keting has bi'iTi ,1 111. il. A li.\v Ali-xanders are yet 

 planted and op. i . . In.- in :\lay. Triumph, 



ripening a few .1 : . i l,, , n laru'i-fy planted; it 



suffered most li i , ■ . i , l i. .lu.l while of good size 



and very fine qu.ilii; . 1 1 ii s '■ w ... .Ih- " apiK-araiico and 



kets; and when Ih.. I li.in-;in.|^ upi.n 1 li..ns:fnil - ..r 'I'pi 

 umph trees not y.l in rrnilniL. .-..m.. inl.. Ii.iirin:. ;i .1.- 



mildews its foliage in the 

 failure, comes to a perfec- 

 1 the South; the bright red 



t t 1 e 1 1 nt 1 adj f 

 la k t In the Hale o ha ds a 

 n ho and ve y 1 ttle of the f 

 t 1 u s pa s ng f om the t 

 1 I a k ng houses to the : 

 of 1900 th ew 

 I I n ates an 1 the d 

 I a 1 befo e e ght lo 

 I k and hftj fou n ui 

 n th ty h e the ea 1 t fin 

 t at laj 1 ght an s h w k b 



In some of the smaller orchards, fruit is packed in 

 crates or baskets right under the trees, and then hauled 

 in open wagons, often without springs, to the railroad 

 station. In others, some of the old farm buildings are 

 used as packinghouses; more often special fruit houses 

 are used, their size . I. .ponding upon tlio rocpiir. mciHs 



of the orchards, wliil. in stWo and viniinco nioro 



depends upon the inl.llii;. n. I' II nlnndisls and 



desire to handle tli<. IVuit rapidiv in hisl i.ossil.l.. man- 

 n.-r. The picking l.ask. I nn.st generally used is a shal- 

 low, round basket . Willi a drop handle, and hokliiig 

 .■ Ill a half I.iisIhI. A\ith good refrigerator cars and 



I., full maturity uu the tree, and is picked jtist before it 



III ill. Hale orchard expert pickers instruct all new 

 .1 I - how to judge by the color on the shady side 

 ..! :. r.ai'h, when it is ripe for the harvest; then 

 each picking gang is in charge of a foreman, who is 

 ever on the alert to secure uniformity in the work. 

 Each picker is numbered, and has a little canvas 

 bag with his number stenciled on it, and filled with 



