80 THE PEACH 



under good cultivation of increased size and im- 

 proved in quality, which will command a much 

 higher price in the market than the general crop 

 under ordinary care. 



*These are all questions that enter into the con- 

 sideration of labor, expense and time consumed, 

 and are for each one to decide for himself. The 

 active, energetic, vigilant and farsighted man in 

 the peach, as well as in every other enterprise, 

 will avail himself of all the advantages to be de- 

 rived to the extent of his ability, and will adopt 

 such a system as will prove to the greatest ad- 

 vantage between expense and profit. 



* Well directed pruning is one of the most useful, and if 

 ill directed, it is among the most mischevious operations that 

 can take place in application to a tree. 



