THE  PEACH  BUSINESS  IN  GEORGIA, 
skin,  roundisli-oblong,  slightly  flattened.  Eyes  me¬ 
dium  as  to  number  and  prominence.  Rather  a  shapely 
potato.  July  18  ;  vines  beginning  to  die.  Not  so 
early  as  Early  Ohio.  Eaten  September  6.  Mealy, 
white  flesh,  flaky,  dry  and  close-grained.  Close  upon 
first  quality. 
Pink  Rose. — From  Ford  &  Son.  Three  hills  yielded 
seven  pounds,  of  which  26  were  of  marketable  size,  24 
small.  This  is  at  the  rate  of  564.66  bushels  to  the  acre. 
Eyes  medium  as  to  number  and  prominence.  Buff- 
white  skin  ;  generally  oblong,  sometimes  elliptical — 
variable  form.  July  19,  vines  began  to  die.  Eaten 
September  7.  So  mealy  as  to  fall  to  pieces.  White 
flesh,  excellent  quality. 
Halo  of  Dakota. — From  Ford  &  Son.  Three  hills 
yielded  eight  pounds,  of  which  20  were  large,  six  small. 
Notes  from  the  Rural  Grounds, 
POTATO  TRIALS. 
WHAT  VARIETIES  ARE  PLANTED. 
When  a  man  gets  the  peach  fever,  he  selects  50  or  100 
acres  of  land  ;  if  100  acres,  he  goes  at  once  to  a  nur¬ 
seryman,  and  has  his  order  booked,  about  as  follows  : 
1,000  Alexanders,  2,000  Tillotsons,  3,000  Rivers,  2,000 
St.  Johns,  2,000  Amelias,  2,000  Early  Crawfords,  5,000 
Elbertas,  3,000  Late  Crawfords.  The  next  fall  he  adds 
Globe,  Sal  way  and  Wonderful,  so  that  the  shipping 
season  will  be  extended  30  days  longer.  At  present 
we  commence  shipping  about  May  25,  and  the  Late 
Crawfords  are  over  by  August  1.  The  last  additions 
will  extend  the  season  to  September  1. 
How  the  Money  Comes  Back. 
In  2)4  years  the  orchardist  expects  to  get  a  small 
crop — enough  to  pay  for  the  trees,  the  land, 
the  expense  of  cultivating  up  to  that  time,  and 
to  make  10  to  25  per  cent  on  the  investment. 
It’s  no  trouble  to  do  this  if  he  takes  care  of  his 
orchard.  When  the  latter  is  five  to  six  years 
old,  he  can  get  one  to  two  cases  to  the  tree, 
and  these  will  bring  in  from  $1  to  $1.50  per 
case,  delivered  on  board  the  cars.  A  fair  and 
reasonable  estimate  is  40  car-loads  of  500  cases 
per  car.  The  cases  are  said  to  contain  three 
'.If  pecks  apiece,  but  they  will  each  weigh,  net, 
$».  about  32  pounds — a  little  over  a  half  bushel. 
^  ‘  1.  The  orchardist  can  sell  these  cars  as  fast  as  they 
are  loaded,  for  $500  each.  They  will  net  him 
that  amount  after  deducting  the  cost  of  the 
crates  and  of  lucking,  packing  and  hauling. 
y  j  The  past  season  I  found  it  very  hard  to  get  a 
few  carfuls  by  paying  $750  for  each.  At  that 
Price  I  made  money,  and  did  not  lose  a  single 
rlslaalBr  crate — out  of  nine  car-loads — although  it  was  the 
rainiest  July  ever  seen  in  this  section.  With 
good  attention  to  the  picking,  packing  and  load¬ 
ing  in  good,  well-iced  refrigerator  cars,  no 
peaches  will  arrive  at  the  markets  in  bad  order. 
A  properly  cared  for  peach  orchard  in  Georgia, 
f  especially  after  it  has  just  borne  a  big  crop, 
will  bear  three  years  out  of  four.  But  without 
pruning  and  fertilizer — something  that  has  been 
done  only  by  one  man — a  tree  cannot  bear  a 
crop  every  year.  It  must  have  time  to  recuperate 
if  it  has  to  do  all  the  work  by  itself,  and  nearly 
all  have  had  to  do  this.  A  crop  of  peaches 
will  net  the  grower  all  the  way  from  $100  to 
This  is  at  the  rate  of  645.33  bushels  to  the  acre.  Buff-  $300  per  acre,  and  that  on  land  that  sells  at  from  $15 
white  skin,  long,  cylindrical.  Eyes  rather  deep.  to  $20  per  acre. 
White  flowers.  Vines  heavy.  Late.  Eaten  September 
10.  Nearly  white  flesh  which  falls  to  pieces  when 
boiled.  It  is  not  so  dry,  however,  as  most  potatoes 
which  fall  to  pieces  when  cooked 
Mollie  Stark. — From  Ford  &  Son.  Three  hills 
yielded  6%  pounds,  of  which  19  were  large,  23  small. 
This  is  at  the  rate  of  522.66  bushels  to  the  acre  A 
handsome  tuber,  often  rnsseted,  oblong,  slightly  flat- 
Kosiikonong.  Fig.  309. 
Peach  Orchards  as  Investments. 
However  much  money  has  been  made  from  Georgia 
peaches,  the  possibilities  of  making  money  from  them 
is  far  greater  than  has  ever  been  dreamed  of  by  the 
most  enthusiastic  grower  in  the  State.  An  orchard 
well  cared  for  will  be  good  for  15  or  more  years. 
South  of  Macon,  along  the  lines  of  the  Central  Georgia, 
.  "V"' . 
■  -a- 
Mollie  Stark.  Fig.  311 
Snowdrop.  Fig.  310. 
Southern  and  Florida,  and  the  Macon,  Dublin  and 
Savannah  railroads,  such  a  thing  as  yellows  or  rosette 
is  unknown  North  of  Macon— which,  by  the  way, 
seems  to  be  the  dividing  line — some  orchards  have 
suffered  from  rosette  for  years,  but  the  injury  has 
never  amounted  to  much.  The  easiest  way  to  get 
into  the  peach  business,  where  the  person  does  not 
want  to  live  in  the  South,  is  to  form  a  stock  company, 
of,  say,  $10,000  capital,  pay  for  the  trees  and  half  the 
expense  of  putting  them  out,  and  then  the  owner  of 
the  land  will  bear  all  the  expense  of  cultivating  and 
caring  for  them  until  they  bear  a  crop  ;  then  the 
expense  of  gathering,  crating  and  shipping  is  equally 
divided  between  the  company  and  the  land  owner, 
and  the  proceeds  from  the  sales  are  divided  equally 
between  them.  The  company  should  have  some  one 
to  look  after  its  interests,  of  course.  In  an  orchard 
of  200  acres,  say  30,000  trees,  the  expenses  of  a  com¬ 
pany  should  not  exceed  $5,000  for  everything  until  a 
tened,  symmetrical.  Eyes  not  prominent.  Buff  skin. 
An  early  intermediate.  Eaten  September  14.  Dry, 
mealy,  nearly  white  flesh.  See  illustration  Fig'.  311. 
Ideal. — From  Northrup,  Braslan  &  Co. ,  Minneapolis, 
Minn.  Seven  hills  yielded  10  pounds,  of  which  22  were 
large,  66  small,  which  is  at  the  rate  of  345.69  bushels 
to  the  acre.  Buff-white  skin,  quite  smooth  Eyes 
few  and  not  prominent.  Some  long  and  cylindrical, 
others  the  shape  of  Beauty  of  Hebron  Vines  began  to 
die  July  15.  Eaten  September  15.  Mealy,  dry  ; 
superior  quality.  This  does  not  seem  to  be  the 
Ideal  sent  to  us  by  M.  Crawford  &  Son  in  1890,  which 
was  rather  truncate  and  much  flattened,  the  color  of 
Early  Rose.  The  yield  from  four  hills  was  then  11 
pounds,  of  which  22  were  large,  10  small.  This  yield 
was  at  the  rate  of  665  bushels  to  the  acre. 
Our  reports  of  potato  trials  will  be  completed  in  two 
more  numbers.  It  would  be  well  to  preserve  them  for 
reference.  (2o  be  Continued.) 
July  14.  Eaten  September  1.  Flaky,  dry,  and  of  the 
best  quality.  Nearly  white  flesh.  See  illustration, 
Fig.  310. 
Restaurant. — Henderson.  Seven  hills  yielded  14 
pounds  of  which  40  were  large  (marketable)  and  51 
small.  This  is  at  the  rate  of  664.66  bushels  to  the 
acre.  Buff-white  skin,  variable  form,  wedge-shape, 
elliptical,  sometimes  roundish  but  irregularly  so.  Eyes 
medium  as  to  number,  but  somewhat  too  sunken.  It 
is  not  a  handsome  potato  as  grown  in  a  droughty 
season.  Vines  mature  later  than  August  3 — among  the 
latest.  A  poor  keeper.  Eaten  September  6.  Mealy 
and  flaky  outside,  but  rather  hard  within.  Nearly 
white  flesh. 
Quick's  Seedling. — From  Granville  Cowing,  Mun- 
cie,  Indiana,  who  writes  :  “  Originated  in  Marion 
County,  Ind.  Two  weeks  earlier  than  Early  Ohio  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  originator.”  Three  hills  yielded  5% 
pounds,  of  which  14  were  large,  20  small.  Deep  pink 
