FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL NURSERY STOCK 



HOW TO SPRAY PEACH TREES 



No. 1. For San Jose scale. Spray during the dor- 

 mant period, as directed for apples, using the same 

 material at the same strength. If leaf-curl threatens 

 the peach . trees, apply the standard lime-sulphur 

 spray as for San Jose scale, but do the spraying 

 three to four weeks before the trees are expected to 

 bloom — not earlier or later. This controls both 

 scale and leaf-curl. 



No. 2. For curculio, scab and brown-rot. Spray 

 just before the petals fall. Use one and a half pounds 

 of arsenate of lead to fifty gallons of water. To this 

 mixture add the milk of lime made by slaking 

 three pounds of stone lime in three to four gallons 

 of water, and straining out the coarse stuff. 



No. 3. For curculio, scab and brown-rot, second 

 dose. Spray ten days after the blossoms petals fall. 

 Use self-boiled lime-sulphur. If curculio still threat- 

 ens, add one and a half pounds of arsenate of lead. 



No. 4. For scab and brown-rot. Spray thirty days 

 before fruit ripens. Use self-boiled lime-sulphur. 



If aphis attacks the trees, either leaves or roots, spray with tobacco solution (black-leaf 40). You will 

 have to buy this solution. Follow the directions on the cans. 



Peach-leaf curl in May or June. Spray before leaves 

 come out in spring to control it. 



What Apple- and Peach-Growing Actually Pays 



One apple tree will bring in more net profit than 

 an acre of hay. Two apple trees will bring in more 

 net money than an acre of grain. Three apple trees 

 will clear more than an acre of potatoes. 



Each acre of apples, planted to proper varieties, 

 with one hundred trees, including fillers, and which 

 is cultivated rightly, the trees pruned rightly and 

 sprayed rightly, should pay back all its cost within 

 six or seven years from planting. The eighth year 

 it should yield a net profit of at least $50.00. The 

 tenth year it should net $100.00. The fifteenth 

 year, $250.00. These figures are clear, after the 

 expenses for cultivating, pruning, spraying, har- 

 vesting and selhng have been paid out of the gross 

 receipts for fruit sold. 



Peaches pay well, too, and they begin sooner 

 than apples. They are not so sure to yield big 

 profits every year. In their fourth summer, peach 

 trees should yield a heavy crop. Not every season 

 brings a full crop. In fact, though most of our 

 orchards do better, we base our expectations on 



getting a crop only every other year. But each of 

 these full crops nets $250.00 or more an acre, 

 and, with the same good care that apple tfe^ 

 require, the trees are good for three to six, or more, 

 such crops. 



Now the farmer who can see in these plain state- 

 ments something definite as he reads, is going to 

 realize a fistful of money if he acts. It is foolish to 

 stick to grain and hay, when the same work on 

 your own land will yield five to ten times as much 

 money if applied to producing high-grade peaches 

 or apples. Don't let traditions and habits and 

 your grandfather's ideas hold you in the old grain- 

 and-hay-and-stock rut. Don't stop to try to figure 

 out why apples and peaches grown on a certain 

 acre clear more money than general crops on the 

 same acre. Just open your eyes. See for yourself 

 that they do pay more. Hundreds of orchardists 

 are going ahead quietly and getting the profits. 

 What's the use in doubting or trying to figure that 

 it may not work, when it is working now. 



Making the orchard pay expenses from the start. Tomatoes as an inter crop. Note space each side of trees. 



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