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acre, when cleared and planted in peaches, in four or five 

 years return profits of $200 to $303 per acre, and often twice 

 as much. In the earlier plantings, medium to later varieties, 

 such as Oldmixon, Late Crawford, Stump, etc., were planted 

 so as to supply the markets after Delaware and New Jersey 

 peaches were out of the way, but experience has shown that 

 no matter what the season, Connecticut-grown peaches, by 

 their superb size, beauty, and flavor, will drive all others out 



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of New England markets. So that, in recent years, early and 

 medium varieties are being planted, and the fruiting season 

 is now from July I5th to October loth. Most orchardists 

 practice thinning the fruit, so that the trees are never allowed 

 to overload. Marketing is mostly in i6-quart Jersey baskets, 

 and from the present outlook the 1901 crop of Connecticut 

 peaches will be upwards of three million baskets, worth at 

 least $2,000,000 in the orchards. Careful investigation shows 

 that for surety of crop, Connecticut is as reliable a peach- 

 growing State as any in the Union. In the last twenty years 

 it has had ten full crops of fruit, three fairly good ones, three 

 partial ones, and four almost total failures. One of the fail- 



