60 THE PEACH 



In summing up he states that the peaches on the 

 five denuded trees grew prodigiously large. These 

 were gathered and sent to the Philadelphia market 

 and brought forty-one dollars clear of all expenses, 

 while the fruit from the other five trees, sent to 

 market, netted only twenty-six dollars, making a 

 difference of fifteen dollars in favor of thinning. 

 The ten trees produced sixty-seven dollars, but if 

 all had been thinned the product would have been 

 eighty-two dollars. 



This difference, extended to an orchard of 10,000 

 to 20,000 trees, would make a handsome annual 

 profit. This is a striking illustration, though it 

 might not be carried out on a large scale, at so 

 high a rate, still it is a hard fact in favor of ex- 

 pending a little labor to a large profit. This is an 

 impressive example for our fruit growers and gar- 

 deners, but more particularly to those on a limited 

 scale, who can in some measure make up in quali- 

 ty what they lack in quantity. I expect however 

 that the matter is pretty well adjusted as it is giv- 

 ing the advantage to the small though careful pro- 

 ducer in his quality. Where there is a will there 

 is a way and with the enthusiast it is a well beaten 

 path to the object of his ambition. 



In applying manures to trees and plants, when 

 required, if the compost heap, or the means to pro- 

 cure the requisite elements recommended, fall short 

 of a supply for the entire surface of the garden or 

 orchard, the object may be attained by adopting the 



