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ill-cases the material should be spread in a circular band two or three 

 'eel wide as far out on the ground as the branches extend. There's no 

 need to spread any near the trunk as the feeding roots are not there, 

 [n all cases the fertilizer should be raked or harrowed into the surface. 

 The varieties to choose will depend first upon the section of the 

 pountry. In the South are grown certain varieties not generally 

 Successful in the North. Among these are the Peen-to, Angel and 

 Waldo of the flat Peach type; Honey or South China type, and Gobbler, 

 palveston, Lulu, Columbia, Texas and Victoria of the Spanish type. 

 These it does not seem necessary to discuss below. Many of the 



Fig. 108. When trees are low-headed there's no trouble reaching every part without 

 climbing. Compare this with high headed trees 



varieties successful in the North are also popular in the South. Among 

 them there are yellow-fleshed, white-fleshed and a few red-fleshed 

 varieties, also some occasionally called "Melters" whose flesh parts 

 readily from the pits, and so-called "pavies" whose flesh clings more 

 or less tenaciously. There are gradations both in color and tenacity 

 of flesh, some having more or less red near the pits, some being "semi- 

 cling," a characteristic which is more pronounced in some seasons than 

 in others. For convenience the varieties characterized on the 

 following page are thus classified. Usually the clingstone varieties 

 are better for culinary uses than for dessert. 



