6 BULLETIN 29, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



])] anted which ripen at different periods. Some orchardists plant the 

 same variety on different slopes or at different elevations in order to 

 further control the ripening period, having found that the western 

 and northern slopes on high elevations tend to retard the ripening. 



The following varieties, 1 arranged in the order of their ripening 

 period and the number of trees of each kind, were planted several 

 years ago on one of the newer orchards of this region. Except one 

 variety (the Waddell), all have given good results. 



Trees. Trees. 



Fox (Fox Seedling) 500 



Stevens (Stevens Rareripe) 500 



Beers Smock 5, 000 



Wonderful 2, 000 



Salway 2, 000 



Waddell 500 



Carman 500 



Hiley 500 



Belle (Belle of Georgia) 500 



Reeves (Reeves Favorite) 1, 000 



Elberta 4, 000 



Another selection of varieties known to do well in this section and 

 which extends the picking period longer is as follows: 



Mount Rose, Geary (Geary Holdori). 

 St. John, Heath (Heath Cling). 

 Oldmixon Free, Salway. 

 Early Crawford, Bilyeu. 

 Elberta. 



Greensboro, Fox (Fox Seedling). 

 Carman, Walker (Walker s Variegated 

 Free) . 

 Hiley, Stevens (Stevens Rareripe). 

 Belle (Belle of Georgia), McCollister. 

 Champion, Smock. 



The period during which peaches are marketed in this section is 

 about 10 weeks, from July 20 to October 15. 



The fact must be taken into account that the season of ripening 

 depends on the physical conditions previously mentioned, and under 

 such varying conditions the order of ripening of closely related 

 varieties may be reversed. 



Corn, cowpeas, tomatoes, and all garden vegetables are raised in 

 many orchards as subsidiary crops to supply food for the farm house- 

 hold and the laborers. The canning industry has long been a profit- 

 able one in this region, and several orchard companies have installed 

 canning factories to can such fruit as may not be shipped profitably 

 and to can tomatoes, which they believe may be profitably raised 

 during the year, especially when the fruit crop fails. 



COST OF VARIOUS ORCHARD OPERATIONS. 



CLEARING LAND FOR ORCHARDS. 



Much of the land being planted in orchards in this section needs 

 to be cleared. 2 The cost of clearing in a manner suitable for orchard 



' Before selecting varieties, pomologists who have studied the experience of orchardists in this section 

 should be consulted. Certain groups of varieties are practically failures on red soils, while they may do well 

 on chert lands. The problem of the adaptation of varieties to soils, climate, and elevation is being investi- 

 gated by pomologists of the T'nited States Department of Agriculture and the experiment stations. 



2 Goats are being tried by several orchardists to assist in the process of clearing. Good results are reported, 

 but there are not sufficient data upon which to base an estimate of the economic value of the practice. 



