BUSINESS MAN’S NATURE RESOURCES 
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trees were three years old last spring. 
From a Georgia Belle tree 1 gathered 
this year approximately five bushels of 
peaches ; the photograph which you 
took will show the size of these fruits 
by comparison with photographs of 
Air. Cunningham and myself as meas- 
uring sticks. 
To get good peaches one must be as 
interested in the individual tree as a 
good raiser of horses must be in each 
of his animals. Peach trees require 
much attention and study, beginning 
with the selection and planting of the 
shrub. Before planting the tree which 
you photographed, I made an excava- 
tion about six feet in diameter and 
three feet in depth, with the subsoil 
beneath loosened. The excavation was 
then filled with layers, in the order 
named, of topsoil, humus, topsoil, well 
rotted manure, more topsoil and an ap- 
plication of commercial fertilizer. 
Above this the shrub was set in the 
center of a final layer of normal top- 
soil. Each year the closest attention 
has been given to keeping the roots 
free from grubs, and the top and 
branches from pests, by spraying. The 
shape of the tree for the first crop was 
that of a vase, and this year I am grow- 
ing in the center of the tree new wood ; 
YOU MUST HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN 
THE PEACH TREE. 
THE BACK YARD VIEW OF THE HOME. 
