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Jamesburg 2

Premature ripening you can only account for, first too much wet
weather and secondly, all yellow fruit should be planted on clay
ground, white fruit on the light ground, there is as much of a
sequel in this to be a successful peach grower than any branch of
the peach culture.

I have no yellows in my orchard and I have in all about 25000
trees in bearing, but there is plenty of it around throughout the
county produced by the former cause and bad tillage.  Your peach
orchard should be kept in as good condition as your garden.
Great care should be exercised in the selection of fruit and when
to ripen as to climate.  Throw plenty of coal or wood ashes around
the trees; this will, to a great extent, prevent the borer from
working around the trunk of the tree but worm will hardly ever be
seen in clay ground but they are at home in gravel or sand.
I have cured trees in their last stage of yellows by applying boiling
water thrown around the trunk, 2 or 3 pails and add a little
salt.  This will apply to an apple tree as well.  The young trees
should not be dug up in the Fall and trenched but let stand until
Spring so that the roots will  not bleed during the Winter and those
buying trees should strictly observe this as I know it by experience
but the grower of the trees will naturally differ with you in
that respect as is makes no difference to him as long as he can effect
sale of such goods, the sooner you will be ready to buy again
from him or some one else in that line.  Any farther information you
desire in regard to the culture of this delicious fruit I will gladly
convey at any time and how these few suggestions meets your approval.
Please acknowledge receipt.

I am Sir, Resp'y Yours. Wm. Redmond.
        