PEACH TREES. 



SET OUT BY W. H. COMINS, HADLEY. 



The soil on which the trees were set is a light sandy loam. There 

 were 50 trees set out in May, and not watered ; although the weather 

 was ver}' dr\', only five have died. The land was plowed and har- 

 rowed ; the trees set out in two rows one rod apart, and one rod apart 

 in the row. The holes were dug two feet square and one and one- 

 half feet deep ; in each hole was placed about three pecks of leaves 

 and grass\cleaned out of a ditch. Sweet corn was raised between the 

 rows, and the crop will pa}' for all the cost of trees and labor, which 

 stands as follows : — 



Plowing one-third acre, $0 50 



Smoothing and harrowing, 50 



Preparing the holes, 50 



Setting trees, 1 00 



Cost of 50 trees at 12 cents each, 6 00 



Hoeing up weeds, 2 00 



$10 50 



W. H. COMINS. 



Hadley, Nov. 10, 1880. 



