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Sprayed Once With Arsenate Of Lead And Bordeaux Mixture. 

 Large Pile Not Wormy (Saleable), Small Pile Wormy. 

 ( Photo by Peairs.) 



PEACH GROWING IN MARYLAND. 



Aarox XHwccmER, OrcJiardist, Sinitliburg, Md. 



I would like to ask how many peach growers there are in the 

 audience Please hold up your hands. Quite a few. I want to 

 say this, but not in the way of flattery, if you can grow peaches as 

 good as the apples you have here on exhibition you have a fine 

 peach country. It looks to me as if you have good peach soil, one 

 that will give the fruit high color and excellent cjuality and that 

 is the only kind that it pays to grow. I have been growing peaches 

 for about eight }ears. Naturally some mistakes have been made 

 but I feel that we have learned some things that are of value to us. 

 They may not apply to your localit}'. 



Location as to Elevation. 



In selecting a site for a peach orchard I would first consider 

 the elevation. I prefer an altitude of from 725 to 1,000 feet above 

 sea level. 



Member. Where would you go to find that elevation? 



Mr. Nev^comer. In any mountain section. 



Member. Do they not grow good peaches in the low sections 

 of Delaware and New Jersey? 



Mr. Nevi^comer. Yes, but New Jersey has conditions which 

 we do not. The ocean breezes temper the atmosphere. It does not 

 get as cold there as it does here. We can grow peaches almost 

 anywhere but we cannot produce the large, beautiful, high quality 

 commercial peach with any success under 700 feet. I prefer an 

 elevation of from 725 to i.ooo feet. 



Soil Adaptation. 



Another important matter to consider is soil conditions. For 

 myself I would want one of three soil types ; either sandstone 

 with a clay subsoil or a black slate with clay subsoil, or a deep 

 chestnut slate soil with a mixture of sandy loam and clay as a sub- 

 soil. I believe peaches will not do well on a rocky shale soil. I 



