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THE PEACH. 



other points may be managed. Daily watering is necessary, 

 and as soon as out of bloom a free use of the syringe night 

 and morning. 



" Summer Treatment. On the i5th of June, when all danger 

 of cold was over and the fruits set, they were removed from 

 the glass covering and plunged in an open but sheltered 

 border, and mulched with old hotbed manure. Since that 



FIG. 627. FIG. 628. FIG. 629. 



Raising Peaches in Pots. 



FIG. 630. 



time they have received no care but watering, except an 

 occasional pinch, to regulate the growth of shoots. 



" There has not been a single leaf curled on any one of all 

 these trees, showing conclusively that the curl is due to un- 

 favorable changes of weather. Each tree now is a bush about 

 two and a half feet high, and occupies about three feet square 

 of space. 



" The first winter we had potted trees we kept them in 

 a cellar, but most of the buds dropped, and we changed to 

 the cool dry shed, the boxes plunged, and this has been suc- 

 cessful. 



" The uncertainty of our climate now, as to the peach crop, 

 compelled us to adopt this mode of testing varieties, and we 

 are much pleased with the results thus far. As to the amount 



