. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. PEACH 1233 March; op. â uIiil: fii ing tlie n.« â s l> and planti, 1^' il in often four vi-ar^ grade ferti iizrr is usually ver y roll to grow at will, til from October to imd cross-check- ilowing this laud it for three and 1 pounds of low- r till' rotten and iri'i'^ itri- allowed iirhlinlal to the tem
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. PEACH 1233 March; op. â uIiil: fii ing tlie n.« â s l> and planti, 1^' il in often four vi-ar^ grade ferti iizrr is usually ver y roll to grow at will, til from October to imd cross-check- ilowing this laud it for three and 1 pounds of low- r till' rotten and iri'i'^ itri- allowed iirhlinlal to the tempted. After the trrts iMi-inni- so hirge as to drive out the cotton, one plowing is given in winter, then anything from fairly good culture to none at all the rest of each season. Such a system results in many "scrub orchards," that are not very profitable after six Specialists, who devote almost their entire time to the Peach business, plant their trees mostly 16 x 16 or IS x 18 feet and give them entire use of the land. The under- signed, being a nither close pruner, has about 150,000 trees planted i:! feet and about 175,000 planted 15 X 15 feet. .\11 land is pki\\iil ditj) and sometimes subsoiled before phintiiig \ounâ' oichards are given frequent and thorough tiUagi up tii mid season when 2 or 3 rows of cow-peas in diillfd in at li ist 4 feitanaj from the rows of tri i s tlnsL and the trees are cultl^ ated I n almost full pos .session of tli. ii i i i i I i i m 1 ir both the land and trees tu 1. i iimn In the fall when peas 111! i il fornext-Near s seed, after wK: i n be turned in to pasture for a I nil li in imin lies a fine ^^lnter cover, and is I III I i I n i in t |l wing m Februar\ or March, will 1 iliii I _ins and at propti time the orcliar I 1 _iiii III w peas, across the former direction 1 th i « Ihni jeirs of this usii ally builds up a p( rfnt on bird without the aid of an\ other fertilizers, except possibly a veij little about the trees at ti
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