. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. THE PEACH. 593 of the peach tree penetrate farther, and are, mostly, oat of the reach of serious injury by the plough. Instead of losing by being opened and exposed to the air, the heavier soil gains greatly in value by the very act of rendering it more friable, â while at the same time it has naturally sufficient heart to bear jud
. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. THE PEACH. 593 of the peach tree penetrate farther, and are, mostly, oat of the reach of serious injury by the plough. Instead of losing by being opened and exposed to the air, the heavier soil gains greatly in value by the very act of rendering it more friable, â while at the same time it has naturally sufficient heart to bear judicious cropping vfith advantage, rather than injury, to the trees. %.The growth and luxuriance of an orchard in strong land, kept under tillage^ is surprisingly greater than the same allowed to remayi in sod. The difference in treatment, therefore, should always adapt itself to the nature of the soil. In ordinary cases, the duration of peach orchards in the light sandy soil is rarely more than three years in a bearing state. In a stronger soil, with proper attention to the shortening system of pruning, it may be prolonged to twenty or more years. â PRUNiN(t. It has always been the prevailing doctrine in this country that the peach requires no pruning. It has been allow- ed to grow, to bear heavy crops, and to die, pretty much in its own way. This is very well for a tree in its native climate, and in a wild state ; but it must be remembered that the peach comes from a warmer country than ours, and that our peaches of the present day are- artificial varieties. They owe their origin to artificial means, and require therefore a system of culture to correspond. In short, we view this absence of all due care in the manage- ment of the peach tree, after it comes into hearing, as the prin cipal original cause of its present short duration, and the disease which preys- upon it in many of the older pai-ts of the country. We therefore, earnestly desire the attention of peach growers to
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