42 
BULLETIN 1181, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
ELBERTA PEACHES. 
Figure 41 shows the quantity of labor on 10 acres of Elberta peaches 
in the famous orchard which covers about 7 square miles of the 
gravelly hills of Pike County in southwest Arkansas. 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
90 
MONTHS 
JAft FEB MAR APR MAT JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV OEC 
NUMBER 
OF 
DAYS 
90 
M/ 
IN I 
126 
-AB 
DA 
3R 
YS 
eo 
r 
■ 
eo 
70 
■ 
70 
60 
60 
50 
SO 
40 
40 
30 
30 
20 
1 
20 
10 
■ 
m 
■ 
sac 
Wf 
H 
1 
■ 
10 
50 
MO 
RSE 
52 
LA 
DA 
30R 
YS 
SO 
40 
40 
30 
30 
zo 
a 
20 
«o 
■ 
■ 
m 
■ 
1 
10 
Fig. 41. — Labor on 10 acres of 
Elberta peaches, Pike County. 
Conditions.— G r a v e 1 1 y soil; 
southwest Arkansas; harvest or- 
dinarily from July lOto August 1; 
pruningin January and February : 
in October suffocating the borers 
with paradichlorobenzine, three- 
fourths of an ounce per tree; 
other varieties of peaches would 
be harvested at various dates; 
spray materials, 16 pounds arse- 
nate of lead, 20 gallons concen- 
trated lime-sulphurand50pounds 
of atomicsulphurperacre. Data 
were furnished by Bert Johnson 
of the Highland orchard. 
Prune. 
Spray. 
Plow 
and 
culti- 
vate. 
Pick 
and 
pack. 
Haul. 
Miscel- 
laneous. 
Total. 
Before 
harvest. 
Harvest 
and 
market. 
10 

7 
6 
14 
21 
70 

12J 
25 
12* 

126 
52 
43J 
27 
821 
25 
The peak load of labor comes in July when the crop is harvested. 
To be more exact it extends from about July 10 to August 1, but 
varies according to the season. 
The work in January is pruning and dormant spraying with lime- 
sulphur. Pruning requires only about one day of labor per acre of 
orchard. In October the borers are killed by the use of paradichloro- 
benzine, a rapid and effective method. In the work of applying the 
poison sprays by the dust method two men and a team cover 20 acres 
a day at the first application and 40 acres a day at each of the four 
later applications. 
