PKACH 



headed back to a whip 18-24 mthes hi^h and all \()ung 

 shoots aie afterwards rubbed oft except 4 or o for the 

 too Young orchards are usualh well cultivated until 

 August 1 to 15 Aphids if thev attack the top, 

 destroyed b^ strong tobacco water or kerosene 

 ilsion If the aphids attack the loots i hindtui of 



Dissolved South f irohm 

 makes one of the h, -t t i 

 expensive, and it is 1 i 



1239 



ang plow and the sulk\ 



tnder favorable eondi 



good crops 20-25 >ears 



ined between the years of 



)t generally practiced m 

 e problems that is i 

 id will be gnen greater 

 ')00 the trees and prices 

 f thmnmg The pickers 

 in li 111 In the orchard 



until thf V 



they shoii! 

 except 111 



oes, wliicli can bu niauurcd highly and at the 

 time not interfere with the trees. Under no con- 

 should the trees be seeded in grain or grass, and 

 cultivatiuii should be given each year. The trees 

 iually examined for borers at least once a year and 



The pruning is done in fall or winter. No heading- 

 back of bearing trees is practiced, but no doubt many of 

 the young orchards now lieiiig planted will be grown in 

 this manner. Dead wood is removed annually and the 

 top kept open to admit the sun so as to color the fruit. 

 A low wagon is often used for hauling out the brush. 



In the nursery the trees are always propagated by 

 budding. At one time it was supposed that natural 

 seeds produced the best and healthiest trees, but expe- 

 li.ii.r lias shown that no trees are better or healthier 

 iIliii iIim,,. ijrown from seed taken from the most vigor- 



::, .1/-///.1//H3. — Formerly all of the fruit was picked 

 iu hiiskits, packed in crat«s holding three pecks, and 

 sliipped to the commission men of the various markets. 

 At the present time a very large proportion of the crop 

 is sold in flve-eiahths baskets to the buyers at the rail- 

 road station. This method of marketing is the most 

 s.«isliirt,,rv HMvt.. .liM"'si'..f 11 I'.ii.-l. <■,:,]>. Tli.-l.in.rs 



is sold at fam-v prices, either at tlie station or in the 

 general market. Refrigerator i-ars. holding 600 to 80O 

 baskets, are used for fruit that requires two days to 



