PEACH CULTURE. 



BY 



JAMES ALEXANDER, FULTON, 



DOVER, DELAWARE. 



ILLUSTRATED. 



WITHIN the last few years, fruit culture, in all its varieties, has greatly in- 

 creased in this country; so that, to-day, it is one of the leading interests. 

 Among the fruits, the PEACH, if not the most, is one of the most important of 

 all. It is so easily raised, comes into bearing so soon, and is so delicious, as. 

 well as beautiful, it is impossible that it should not be a favorite. The conse- 

 quence is that, in the sections specially conducive to its cultivation, almost 

 every farm has an orchard, and some farms are but one continuous orchard ; 

 and sometimes farm after farm is devoted to Peaches. Some planters have set 

 as many as twenty thousand trees in a single season. Orchards of twenty, 

 thirty, and fifty acres are not at all infrequent. Living in the very centre of the 

 peach-growing district ; sharing the common interest felt in the subject ; deeply 

 impressed with its importance to the individual planters themselves, and also 

 to the community at large ; and believing that a lasting benefit could be done 

 to both, the author has been induced to prepare, and now offers to the public, 

 this work on Peach Culture. 



CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



CHAPTER I. Site of Nursery. 



CHAPTER II. Seed. 



CHAPTER III. Seed-bed. 



CHAPTER IV. Preparation of Ground 

 for Nursery. 



CHAPTER V. Planting the Seed. 



CHAPTER VI. Nursery Cultivation. 



CHAPTER VII. Buds. 



CHAPTER VIII. Budding. 



CHAPTER IX. Cultivation of Buds. 



CHAPTER X. Taking Up and Send- 

 ing to Market. 



CHAPTER XI. Selecting a Site for an 

 Orchard. 



CHAPTER XII. Planting an Orchard. 



CHAPTER XIII. Orchard Cultivation. 



CHAPTER XIV. Coming In. 



CHAPTER XV. Baskets and Crates. 

 CHAPTER XVI. Transportation. 

 CHAPTER XVII. Consignees. 

 CHAPTER XVIII. Ladders. 

 CHAPTER XIX. Shipping. 

 CHAPTER XX. Picking. 

 CHAPTER XXL Returns. 

 CHAPTER XXII. Markets. 

 CHAPTER XXIII. Profit. 

 CHAPTER XXIV. Culture after a Crop 

 CHAPTER XXV. Uses. [eases. 



CHAPTER XXVI. Insects and Dis- 

 CHAPTER XX VII. Special Culture. 

 CHAPTER XXVIIL ThePeach-House 

 CHAPTER XXIX. Varieties, [logue. 

 CHAPTER XXX. Descriptive Cata- 

 CHAPTER XXXI. Fancy Varieties. 



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