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within a few inches of the ground. It is now a tree twenty
feet high, sixteen feet through the top, with branches starting
from the surface of the earth.  The body below the branches
is twenty-four inches in circumference." (p. 185.) * * An
Old Mixon peach planted in 1855, and cut down to within a few
inches of the ground, in now twenty feet high, twenty-two
feet through the top, and the trunk twenty-eight inches in
circumference.' " p. 186.

"It may be set down as a general rule that, previous to
the time of bearing fruit, trees in California make twice as
much wood in a year as they do in the Middle States." p. 186.

"Peaches. The peach tree grows very rapidly, comes into
bearing very early, and produces abundantly, in California;
but nearly all varieties suffer with the 'the curl', which
has given so much trouble during theh last two years [1860
and 1861 apparently], that many of the orchards have been cut 
down.  The varieties most free from the curl are the Late
and Early Crawford, the Late Admirable and the Smock [See Ann
Arbor Notes in Field Notes on immunity of Smock].  In the valleys and near
the ocean, the peaches are not equal, either in size or
        