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* ' Twenty-four hours, " he responded 

 promptly, "in fact I don't know but that I 

 might spray the same day that I picked them 

 if I expected to ship them any distance, for 

 sometimes the rot will attack them in transit. 

 I have known peaches to be packed in perfect 

 condition only to arrive in market in a half rot- 

 ten condition. Late spraying might help that. ' ' 



Where peaches are to be grown for the city 

 markets we must select large fruited, yellow 

 varieties that are known to produce big crops. 

 The city buyers want a big yellow peach and 

 the easiest one of that class to grow is the 

 Elberta. This old sort is still holding its own 

 against its newer rivals, the J. H. Hale and the 

 Early Elberta. The Hale has been a dis- 

 appointment to many growers both in vigor of 

 tree and productiveness. The fruit is unques- 

 tionably better than the Elberta if we are to 

 judge only by our preference in the matter of 

 taste. The Early Elberta is promising as a 

 comparatively new sort. 



For local markets the finer quality, white 

 fleshed sorts may prove profitable. Certainly 

 they should be included in all home orchards 

 as should some of the yellow varieties of the 

 Crawford group. The Early and Late Craw- 

 ford are splendid peaches as are also the Fos- 

 ter and Fitzgerald, but in most sections they 

 bear such shy crops that they can hardly com- 



