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distance as apples, thirty feet apart each way. It is a convenient 

 way, and saves room, to plant dwarfs between the standards alter- 

 nately; when the standards come into bearing the dwarfs may be cut 

 out. The best varieties are Manning's Elizabeth, Clapp's Favorite, 

 Tyson, Bartlett, Duchess, Seckel, Flemish Beauty and Lawrence. 

 These are ah 1 excellent, and give a succession from July to midwinter. 

 These varieties are named in the order of their ripening. The late 

 kinds are kept in a cool cellar, free from frost, and ripened in a warm 

 room as they may be wanted. 



PEACHES. 



Peaches are not likely to do well unless the locality specially suits 

 them, and should not therefore be grown in large quantities, 

 unless in sections that are known to be adapted to them. When the 

 soil does suit, however, they are often one of the most valuable crops 

 of the farm, as they mature much more rapidly than either apples or 

 pears, and the finer sorts never fail to sell at a good price in the 

 markets of our large cities. The soil best suited for a peach orchard 

 is a dry sandy or gravelly loam. The tree is short-lived in most sec- 

 tions, and attains its best fruiting condition when from five to ten 

 years old. The great difficulty in growing peaches is a disease known 

 as yellows. It has been found that liberal dressings of lime to the 

 soil tends to prevent this disease and lengthen the life of the tree. In 

 the best peach growing districts cultivators are well satisfied if 

 they get three crops in five years, because contingencies, such as early 

 frosts, may occasionally destroy the whole crop in certain districts, 

 while others are exempt, this exemption being due, in nearly every 

 case, to the well chosen selection of a western or northern slope upon 

 which to plant the orchards. The distance apart may be from twelve 

 to twenty feet; if the soil is very rich, the greater distance. The 

 best kinds known in the markets are Crawford's Early, Crawford's 

 Late, Honest John, Stump the World, Yellow Rareripe, Morris 

 White, Troth's Early and Alexander. 



PLUM. 



The cultivation of the plum is rendered exceedingly difficult in 

 almost all sections of the country by the attacks of what is known as 

 the Curculio or Plum Weevil. All proposed remedies have been 

 applied without any permanent satisfactory results, excepting the old- 

 fasliioned plan, which has been in use for over fifty years, of jarring 



