The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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LAYING DOWN PEACH AND PLUM TREES. 



5 HAVE just read the notes on growing plums in the cold regions by lay- 

 ing down for winter protection, and wish to say that the East European 

 method is much better than that practised by Mr. Hamilton and Mr. 

 Sharp. 



When young and easy bent down, attention is given to making the most 



possible growth upward by trimming 

 up the stem. When the trees-have at- 

 tained a height of stem of from four to 

 five feet, the stem is laid down perman- 

 ently. The next spring the top is bent 

 upward and kept perpendicular by tying 

 to a stake. The next fall, and continu- 

 ously thereafter, the laying down is 

 done by cutting loose from the stake 

 and bending over to one side. The 

 spring in the four or five feet of prostrate 

 stem will permit even a small boy to lay 

 over the top and pin it down for cover- 

 ing with earth or litter. In parts of 

 Iowa we are now growing the tenderest 

 and best peaches and plums in this way. 

 The only care needed is to keep 

 the prostrate stem from rooting. If it 

 becomes rooted, the top becomes much stiffer and difficult to get down with- 

 out injury. The rough sketch will ^ow the prostrate stem and top attached 

 to stake. 



Iowa Agricultural College. J. L. BUDD. 



,£34-—^ 



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PEACH YELLOWS. 



THERE has been for a long time an opinion held by some prominent 

 Massachusetts fruit growers that peach yellows were curable, and 

 now comes the eighth bulletin of the experiment station of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Agricultural College, bearing testimony in the same direction. 

 It seems that experiments have been made since 1875 by Prof. Goessman 

 and by Prof. Maynard, the latter of whom is the writer of this bulletin, and 

 as a result both these gentlemen are convinced that the disease is curable. 

 The yellows is claimed to be the result of such causes as lack of proper 

 food supply, injury by cold, injury by borers, injuries by accident, etc. Out 



