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Peach Crop Outlook 
There are very few peach trees in this 
vicinity that survived the Winter of 1917- 
1918. Those that are still alive are full 
of fruit buds, and so far they seem to be 
uninjured. The peaches in this county, 
however, cut no figure in the market, even 
when conditions are favorable. Peaches 
are too much of a gamble in this section 
to warrant commercial growing, but every 
home orchard should include a few of 
those hardiest in bud. I find Carman, 
Greensboro, Hill’s Chili and Triumph the 
hardiest in fruit bud. and give them pref¬ 
erence in rhc order named. Triumph is 
very susceptible to brown rot. and is in¬ 
clined to overbear, hut is a handsome 
peach when at its best. To reach perfec¬ 
tion both tree and fruit need heavy thin¬ 
ning. Hill’s Chili, or Chili, as it is now 
listed by the American Bornological So¬ 
ciety. is not very attractive, but it is a 
grand canning peach, and should be in 
every home collection where hardiness of 
fruit bud is necessary, as it is in many 
parts of New York. geo. e. schauber. 
Saratoga Co., N. Y. 
The present condition of our peach 
buds seems to he all right as far as we 
can tell. The Yellow St. John, Smock 
and Salway did not set as many buds as 
usual on account of being worse hit by 
the cold Winter a year ago than the Car¬ 
man, Elberta and Hill’s Chili. There are 
very few killed on the first three. Avhile 
the last three run from 20 to 40 per cent. 
Elbertas being the worst hit. hut there is 
enough for a lot of thinning yet if they 
all get through from now on. There is 
quite a good deal of uncertainty with us 
in regard to the outcome of all of this 
year’s crop of fruit, especially the peaches. 
We lost about one-half of our trees 
(4,000i that were so badly killed by the 
cold that what was left would not pay to 
care for, so we took them out and have a 
fine crop of Winter Avheat growing on 
part of the ground and expect to put the 
rest in with Spring wheat and oats as 
soon as it gets dry enough. On account 
of scarcity of help last season and no 
peaches we did nothing to our orchards, 
but mow the clover and weeds and leave 
on the ground. We did not do any prun¬ 
ing even : ivhether this was wise or not 
is a question, but the trees made 
growth enough to set plenty of 
fruit buds, mostly on the upper limbs. 
Our pruning this last Winter consisted 
mostly in taking out the dead wood, which 
on the majority of the older trees was 
from a third to one-half. Whether these 
trees are going to be able to bear and 
mature a crop and live through another 
Winter is also a question. A good many 
of our apple trees are in about the same 
condition. We are plowing our orchards 
now and want to give them the best of 
cultivation, aud coax them all we can; 
will use some nitrate of soda on the worst 
cases. t. H. k. 
Seneca Co., N. Y. 
At present the prospect for peaches in 
this locality is very good, although the 
buds are very forward for this time of the 
year, and we consider that there is a great 
liability of damage from now on. April 1 
the temperature dropped to 45 or IS 
above, and some of the buds were de¬ 
stroyed at that time, although not enough 
to cause any serious damage. It appears 
that the white peaches have suffered worse 
than the yellow in this last freeze, which 
is contrary to the usual conditions. 
New Haven Co., Conn. j. r. r. 
The prospect for peaches now is 100 
per cent of crop. The recent storm did no 
damage and the crop never looked better. 
Ulster C’o.. N. Y. s. H. n. 
I find the peach crop prospects in this 
vicinity very good, unless, as may hap¬ 
pen, a frost catches them when in bloom. 
All varieties seem to have come through 
with enough buds to make thinning a nec¬ 
essity in all eases in a greater or less de¬ 
gree. A few more Avarm days will open 
the buds, and with this unusual Winter 
in mind, we decidedly do not feel"safely 
out of the woods until the blooming period 
is successfully passed, either without 
damp cold weather or without a frost. 
Peaches out of our own orchard _wil taste 
mighty good, as the stuff" in France was 
just what you would expect after having 
been four years at war. f. ii. b. 
Ulster Co.. X. Y. 
Fruit prospects appear to be very good 
hereabouts at present. Peaches, in spite 
of a 25-degree freeze when butte were just 
about to open, promise an abundant crop. 
Japanese plums also withstood the ex¬ 
treme cold for their condition of advance¬ 
ment ; cherries seem to have suffered the 
most, but as there is such an abundance 
of bloom it will be a benefit rather than a 
loss. T never saw more bloom than Kieffer 
pear trees have this year. nor so healthy: 
all kinds of plum trees are also loaded 
with bloom: most apple trees in well- 
eared-for orchards promise a fair return 
to their owners. Wheatfields contain the 
densest mass ever seen hereabouts, and a 
large acreage at that. The last few days 
have been very wet and cold. l. f. 
Hamilton Co.. O. 
At present writing the prospects for 
blooming of all tree fruits are excellent. 
There has been no frost damage whatever 
to date. Season is very much advanced, 
apricots being in full bloom April 16. and 
poaches showing pink. This is the earliest 
season I recall. j. r. c. 
Orange Co.. N. Y. 
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