. Green's Nursery Co. : spring 1897. Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs. 0 Peaches and Their Culture. Plant in good, mellow soil, about two inches deeper than when growing- in nursery rows. Every peach branch at planting should be cut on close to the body, and the body cut back, leaving only a stick or stub two feet above the roots, which should have all broken or bruised pieces cut off. When growth begins sprouts will come out all along up the body. All of these should be rubbed off, except three or four that must be allowed to grow to form the m
. Green's Nursery Co. : spring 1897. Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs. 0 Peaches and Their Culture. Plant in good, mellow soil, about two inches deeper than when growing- in nursery rows. Every peach branch at planting should be cut on close to the body, and the body cut back, leaving only a stick or stub two feet above the roots, which should have all broken or bruised pieces cut off. When growth begins sprouts will come out all along up the body. All of these should be rubbed off, except three or four that must be allowed to grow to form the main branches of the future tree. By proper selection of what sprouts to preserve, the tree may be formed of any desired style of head ; these new branches will grow from three to five feet the first season, and so make a much stronger and better formed tree than could have beea possible had not the top been all cut away when planted. Contin- ued cultivation from early to late has been found the best for peach orchards, beginning with the blooming of the trees. Orchards that were not cultivated until June produce fruit, but its size was not nearly as large as those cultivated early. The f vuit is mostly handled by shipping associations and the cost of grading, packing, packages and marketing is 18^ to 20 cents per bushel. One of the most profitable methods in peach culture is proved to be that of thinning the fruit in its early stages. There is much less strain upon the tree, the fruit is more uniform in size, and much larger and finer than where not thinned. No fruit sells quicker, none is more enticing, none more healthful than the peach. It is the most beautiful, most tempting and luscious of all northern fruits. There is no fruit marketed which brings a higher price than well grown peaches. Peaches will succeed in either sandy or clayey loam, if properly cultivated. Peaches willnot thrive in uncultivated soil, nor in very hard clay. Much has been learned about peach culture
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