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Caring: for Bearing Orchards- 

 Calendar of Operations- 



Irrigation 

 Pruning 



Fertilizing 

 Cultivation 



: If given, twice by furrc's, June and October 

 : December - February. Pruned to open up head, 

 thin out v;ood, and shorten growth. 



: Cover crops grown v;hen soil lacks body. 



: February- March, plov/ed and cross plowed (sometimes 

 fall plowed - October or November), crop culti- 

 vated at frequent intervals from March to 

 .. November. V/orked dotrn into good condition. 



Fumigating : 

 Thinning Fruit 



Spraying 



None 



Thin to leave one peach every 4 to 6 inches 

 apart. Thin as early as possible (April) 



November- Bordeaux if blight is present 



February -Lime sulphur v/hen buds are swelling. 



Borers when present are removed from trunks 

 once a year. 



Harvest- 



Time : July - September 



Method : Picked by hand, or shaken off if for drying. Trees gone 



over two to five times. 

 Preparing for Market: 



Green : Packed in 20^ crates or 25# baskets. 



Dried : Cut in half, pitted, sulphured, dried in sun 

 on trays. Dry 5 or 6 to 1. 



Canning: Delivered in lug boxes. 



