TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Chapter I. 



Introduction. The natural history of the Peach. Early Peninsula Peach 

 culture. Peach growing as a business. 



Chapter II. 



Growing the Peach trees from the seed. The trees in the nursery. 

 Budding Peach trees. 



Chapter III. 



Locating the Peach orchard. Planting the Peach trees. Care of the 

 young Peach orchard. Pruning Peach trees. 



Chapter IV. 



Cultivation of the Peach orchard. Fertilization of the Peach orchard. 

 Formulas for fertilizers, etc. Green Manures and Lime. Objections to. 

 Rules for fertihzing Peach trees. Potash. Iron. Phosphoric Acid. 

 Ammonia. Chlorine, etc. Peach tree washes. Germicides. 



Chapter V. 



Diseases and enemies of the Peach. Yellows, its cause, nature, and 

 treatment. Analyses of healthy and diseased Peach wood. Prof. S. T. 

 Maynard on the Peach. Frost. Curculio. Curled leaf. The Borer. Thrips. 

 Aphides, etc. 



