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soil does not need potash. I now use phosphoric 

 acid only, at the rate of 3 or 4 pounds a tree, 

 sowed broadcast in the spring and harrowed in. 



" Of varieties I have found Montmorency and 

 English Morello are the only kinds of special value. 

 They are the only kinds I grow to any extent. 

 Montmorency ripens about July 6 and the other 

 variety about ten days later. Some of my larger 

 trees have yielded 150 pounds, but half of this 

 amount is considered a good crop." 



THE NECTARINE 



Nectarines are smooth-skinned peaches, and often 

 come from peach pits or as bud sports on peach 

 trees. Usually they are inferior to peaches, but 

 several varieties are cultivated more for curiosity 

 than anything else. (See Peach for methods of 

 management.) 



NUTS 



In California the almond and the English walnut 

 are grown commercially, and in the South the 

 pecan has been planted in extensive groves within 

 the last 15 or 20 years. In many of the states the 

 chestnut has been growing in favor for commercial 

 purposes, and, in a few cases, hardy English wal- 

 nuts have proved profitable. The American and 

 European varieties of chestnuts are generally con- 

 sidered superior in flavor to the Japanese varieties. 

 The Europeans, though larger, are not of as high 

 quality as our best American sorts. These varieties 

 may be secured from nurserymen at moderate cost. 



