THE PEACH 



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of the apple, and when so cultivated so much less fer- 

 tilizer is needed that it is practiced by most successful 

 peach growers. Cover crops have come to play such an 

 important part in the question of fertilization, of plant 

 food and the prevention of the washing of the soil on 





Fig. 45 Peach Tree Pruned 



hilly land, that I wish to call attention to this matter 

 as discussed on Pages 32-34. 



Mr. A. A. Marshall of Fitchburg, Mass., has an 

 orchard of over 6000 peach trees in the most perfect 

 condition, growing in turf. (Figure 48.) These are 

 of three, four and five years' growth and are in condi- 

 tion to produce a large crop of the largest fruit of 

 fine color and quality. A five-year-old peach orchard in 



