. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. r one or twoyears from the bud. Where the soil is fertile and has \ieon well prepared,one-year-old trees arc to be preferred, particularly if one wants to head 124 STONE FRUITS 125 them low. But if the soil conditions are not good, then two-year trees areto be preferred, as the one-year trees will not usually form as good headsunder poor soil conditions. Locally grown trees are always to be preferredif one can get good stock. They come fresher, the freight is less and it iseasier to adjust differences with the nurserym
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. r one or twoyears from the bud. Where the soil is fertile and has \ieon well prepared,one-year-old trees arc to be preferred, particularly if one wants to head 124 STONE FRUITS 125 them low. But if the soil conditions are not good, then two-year trees areto be preferred, as the one-year trees will not usually form as good headsunder poor soil conditions. Locally grown trees are always to be preferredif one can get good stock. They come fresher, the freight is less and it iseasier to adjust differences with the nurseryman. On the other hand, thereis probably nothing in the idea that either northern grown or southerngrown stock is to be preferred. Southern stock will do just as well in theNorth, or northern grown in the South, if it can be landed at the orchardin good condition. Varieties.—The variety question is always important and alwaysdifficult to decide. It can generally be decided best by referring to localauthorities, but a few general considerations are worth keeping in A Typical Peach-Orchakd Site, Allegheny Mountain District, Morgan County, W. Va.^Good air drainage and proper exposure are important. With peaches the important considerations are color of flesh, color ofskin, quality, juiciness, whether they are clingstone or free, hardiness offruit buds and season of ripening. There is a very strong prejudice (it isnothing more) in favor of yellow-fleshed peaches, especially for is best to respect this prejudice if possible, but many varieties which areleaders in all other respects have white flesh. It is often possible to educateconsumers locally on this matter of color and convince them that in manycases the white varieties are to be preferred, but in the general market oneis almost certain to be most successful with yellow sorts. Quality andjuiciness are always desirable, though from the commercial standpointthe latter can be overdone, as very juicy peaches do
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