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have good under-drainage. If the drainage is poor the leaves will 

 turn yellow and the growth is slow. 



High elevations will usually have sufficient drainage unless there 

 be seepage water from the hillside. Apples, pears and plums- 

 would better be used where there is danger of the soil being too 

 heavy for peaches. 



Varieties for Planting. — Peaches ripen at different seasons, and 

 a succession of ripening may be secured by selecting several varie- 



Fig. 131.- 



-The light soil of the peach orchard should be kept well cultivated. 

 Station.) 



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ties with different ripening dates. The very earliest varieties are 

 more subject to attacks of the brown rot disease, and as it is a very 

 serious enemy the earliest varieties should not be planted. Berries 

 and other fruits may be made to take the place of early varieties of 

 peaches. For the home garden start with Mountain Rose or 

 Champion. Next would come Oldmixon Free or Stump-the- 

 World. Just after these will come Reeve's Favorite or Captain 



