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The New Jersey Experiment Station has more than 2,000 

 seedlings from known parents that are of fruiting age, several 

 hundred of which fruited in 1919. We hope that at least one 

 of these will be able to advance the standard of present-day 

 varieties. 



Although my subject is modern developments in peach grow- 

 ing, I am going to wander a bit in closing in order to bring out 

 some facts which should interest you. 



^ I said earlier that in some sections there was likely to be a 

 mad rush to plant peaches. Some of these will be small farm 

 orchards, some moderate-sized commercial plantings and some 

 of a syndicate nature. History certainly repeats itself in the 

 peach business. Many orchards are never cultivated after they 

 are planted and still others are abandoned after the second or 

 third year. Some plant their whole farm to peaches at the 

 very start and find the burden too heavy for the capital avail- 

 able before a profitable crop is secured and fall by the wayside. 

 I would not advise any one to put all his eggs in one basket, 

 and this is especiallly true of peaches in regions where severe 

 winter temperatures may cause severe damage. It is a good 

 plan to combine peach growing with the culture of other fruits 

 and vegetables or other lines of farming. In fact, this is good 

 advice for any one starting to grow any tree fruit. 



Another point worthy of our attention at this time is that 

 there are always seasons when competition is so great that low 

 prices prevail. It is then that the man with favorable loca- 

 tion, who can produce peaches at low cost, wins out. 



There is a tendency to-day toward the formation of so-called 

 orchard companies or syndicates, who plant out thousands of 

 trees, and they not infrequently limit their efforts to the pro- 

 duction of a single tree fruit, so that before the orchard comes 

 into bearing they have a tremendous overhead expense. High 

 salaries to managers and foremen are also common in such 

 enterprises. And while it is true that you can buy tools, 

 spraying materials and fruit packages cheaper in large lots, it 

 becomes increasingly difficult as the size of the orchard is in- 

 creased to obtain the best results in the form of fine fruit. 



To my mind the best results in peach growing are obtained 

 in the long run where one who knows and likes the business 



