PEACH AND THE PEAR. l8l 



the World, Fox's Seedling, Wilkins' Cling, Crawford's 

 Early, Crawford's Late, Smock and Beer's Smock. Do 

 not know enough about new varieties to give an opinion. 



Question 2. A level field, light, sandy land, well 

 improved. In a low, rich place, trees go too much to 

 wood and are apt to shed their fruit. 



Question 3. Fifteen to twenty years, although I 

 know an orchard thirty years old that was full this 

 year. 



Question 4. From Clayton to Seaford, best. 



Question 5. Nine times out of ten in spring, when 

 in bloom or after. 



Question 6. All depends upon how the trees bore 

 the previous year. 



Question 7. Cannot say. 



Question 8. We plough as soon as convenient in 

 the spring. We plough shallow and then run peach 

 cultivator through several times until August ist, then 

 stop. 



Question 9. Kainit 5C0 lbs. to acre, broadcast, is 

 good ; but 200 lbs. Muriate Potash and 200 ground bone 

 is better ; and 12 loads barn-yard manure, to acre, every 

 year, is best. 



Question 10. Prune in spring when we can see 

 dead wood. We never hand-thin fruit. 



