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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 14, 
WHEN TO BUD PEACH TREES. 
What time have you found the best to bud 
peaches? There has been some discussion 
among nurserymen as to the best season for 
doing this work in order to obtain the strong¬ 
est trees, and we would like the opinions of 
practical men. 
From middle of June to last of July in 
Georgia, and August 20 to about Septem¬ 
ber 15 in Connecticut. j. H. hale. 
For budding peach trees in nursery we 
usually commence about August 15 and 
bud until September 10 to 15, yet it is 
well to finish by September 10. For trees 
which come up in gardens which need 
budding would recommend budding from 
August 10 to 20, using only well-ripened 
buds. EDWIN HOYT. 
Connecticut. 
The best time to bud peach trees de¬ 
pends upon the condition of the seedlings 
and the weather. Some years we com¬ 
mence budding as early as July 10. In 
other seasons, especially when the weather 
is very dry, we frequently have to wait 
until August. Therefore, we consider 
from July 10 to end of August the best 
time for budding peach trees during aver¬ 
age seasons. p. J. berckmans. 
Georgia. 
The most suitable time for budding 
peach with us is from the last part of 
July until in August. First feed the tree 
well, and after the tree gets about the size 
of a lead pencil it can be budded. We do 
not think the cultivation should be contin¬ 
ued more than once after the budding is 
done, provided you can keep the ground 
clean of weeds, and to keep our land free 
of weeds we usually sow a cover crop of 
Crimson clover; however, the weather 
conditions have much to do with it. 
Maryland. j. G. harrison & sons. 
I have had a life experience in budding 
the peach. When we had large quantities 
we aimed to begin soon after August 1, 
and finish by or before September 20, 
although it is often practical to bud soon¬ 
er and later. From my long experience, if I 
had it in my power to do the work in a 
short time, I would prefer from August 
15 to September 10. When done too early 
suckers will start below the bud. If done 
too late and heavy frost or drought strikes 
them, they will fail. As a rule budding 
done by or before September 10 is most 
successful in our locality. 
New Jersey. chas. black. 
We always put off budding our peach 
trees until the last thing, as we wish them 
to make as large growth as possible be¬ 
fore budding, and most seasons they are 
not ready to bud before the first of 
August. We always do our budding dur¬ 
ing the month of August, and sometimes 
it extends into the middle of September 
before we are through. We have known 
years when we had extra large blocks to 
bud and did not finish budding until the 
last week in September, and never noticed 
but what the last budding did just as well 
as the earlier. 
Ohio. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO. 
This is not a very favorable location 
for growing peaches, and the operations in 
that line are very small compared with 
farther south. Aside from losses from 
Winter, in one instance a block of 100,000 
in one Winter, our heaviest losses in 
growing peaches have been from late 
budding. It is a common thing to hear 
nurserymen say that peaches can just as 
well be budded late, and they are gener¬ 
ally left until the last thing, but let the 
other fellow be late if he wants to. I 
would prefer to have them budded early 
in August. Farther south, where the 
seedlings make larger and later growth, 
early-set buds are likely to grow over, so 
that I could not speak for their condi¬ 
tions. ISAAC C. ROGERS. 
New York. 
During the months of July and August 
we do our dormant peach budding, and so 
far as I am able to tell there is no differ¬ 
ence in the season where the vigor of the 
tree is concerned. I never plant my pota¬ 
toes in the moon, or bud my trees at a 
certain time in order to get a better tree. 
What a nurseryman wants is a good, vig¬ 
orous seedling to bud on, and a good bud 
stick with the buds perfectly ripe, and then 
when the seedling works well, then is the 
time to put in your bud. Weather condi¬ 
tions have a great deal to do with that. I 
believe that a bud put in the first day of 
July and another the fifteenth of Septem¬ 
ber, if the stock works all right, would 
produce the same result, but usually about 
the first of September the sap begins to go 
down in seedling stock in our country, 
and when the sap begins to dry up you 
cannot insert th° bud, and your loss is 
much heavier. We shall finish June bud¬ 
ding this week (June 21) at our place, 
and begin dormant budding next week, 
and continue through until we finish. 
Tennessee. J. c. hale. 
Two carefully-made trials of both June 
and August-budded peach trees, by plant¬ 
ing of same varieties of both types of 
trees in same orchards, showed the fol¬ 
lowing results: The smaller—June buds 
—started more promptly, and led in 
growth the first two years; produced 
more freely at five years of age than the 
standard, or Amrust-budded trees; but at 
10 years their vigor was spent, while the 
standards were at their best, and bore 
profitably after the others were exhausted - 
Where quick bearing, and a short-lived 
orchard is desired, the June-budded trees 
would be preferable, but here in this 
county (Caroline), where peach trees of 
standard tvoe bear profitably up to 20 
years, and even longer (I have an Old- 
mixon Free that is 57 years old, and has 
a fair sprinkling of fruit on it this year), 
the August-budded trees are largely in 
favor with well-informed planters. To 
anyone familiar with the operations of 
June budding, it should be obvious with¬ 
out further explanation why the life of 
such a tree is shorter than that of the 
August-budded tree. For my own plant¬ 
ing the latter is decidedly preferable. 
Maryland. j. w. kerr. 
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The blooms of the Japanese Iris last fairly 
.well as cut flowers if cut a few hours before 
the buds are ready to unfold. The stems 
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Snring is the best season to plant the roots. 
If set in the Fall they are likely to be thrown 
out by frost, unless heavily mulched, which 
often encourages too early growth in Spring. 
,These varieties grow well in rich, moist land, 
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Tarragon; Chilian Strawberry. 
1. What is the tarragon plant used for, 
and how used? 2. What variety of straw¬ 
berry has short fruit stem and fruit grow¬ 
ing close to ground? j. b. 
1. Tarragon is a perennial herb growing 
wild in parts of Northern Asia, but much 
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2. The Chilian strawberry, Fragaria Chilo- 
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America, usually bears its fruit on short 
stems near the ground. Many commercial 
strawberry varieties show indications of hav¬ 
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