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facing directly north. 2°. Clingstones & late peaches are able to ripen only when facing 

 south. 3°. In cold & damp soil, a full southern exposure, or one only slightly inclined to 

 the east or west is necessary for most types. 4°. In loose & warm soil peach trees can be 

 planted from northeast to northwest, placing each kind in a more or less southern 

 exposure depending on how much sun its fruit needs to completely ripen. 5°. Most often 

 cultivating the peach tree with a westward exposure is unproductive, unless the soil is 

 loose & the espalier is protected from damaging winds by nearby woodlands or 

 mountains. 



V. Planting a peach tree doesn't require any special care. For this topic I refer the 

 reader to the section on general cultivation. I'll point out only that the tree must be lifted 

 more carefully leaving longer roots than for other trees. 1°. This is because plum & 

 almond stocks on which they're normally grafted are gummy and their wounds don't heal 

 up well. Furthermore, the closer to their origins that the large roots are cut, the larger are 

 the wounds. 2°. They take root again with difficulty, especially the almond trees. 

 Moreover, the farther back the large roots are cut, the fewer tender parts suitable for 

 producing new roots remain. Therefore the roots must be at least twelve to fifteen inches 

 long, especially on trees with a trunk; or more precisely, they should be healthy & intact 

 down to where they noticeably begin to decrease in size. I've thoroughly examined peach 

 trees that died within four or five years after being planted, & almost always I've found 

 that they died because the large roots were all or mostly rotted without having healed & 

 produced any new growth. 



The season for planting this tree is from mid-October 



