. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 472 THE PEACH. other points may be managed. Daily watering is necessary, and as soon as out of bloom a free use of the syringe night and morning. " Summer Treatment.—On the isth of June, When all danger of cold was over and the fruits set, they were removed from the glass covering and plunged in an open but sheltered border, and mulched with old hotbed manure. Since that. Fig. 627. Fig. 628. Fig. 629. Raising Peaches in Pots. Fig. 630. time they
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 472 THE PEACH. other points may be managed. Daily watering is necessary, and as soon as out of bloom a free use of the syringe night and morning. " Summer Treatment.—On the isth of June, When all danger of cold was over and the fruits set, they were removed from the glass covering and plunged in an open but sheltered border, and mulched with old hotbed manure. Since that. Fig. 627. Fig. 628. Fig. 629. Raising Peaches in Pots. Fig. 630. time they have received no care but watering, except an ' occasional pinch, to regulate the growth of shoots. " There has not been a single leaf curled on any one of all these trees, showing conclusively that the curl is due to un- favorable changes of weather. Each tree now is a bush about two and a half feet high, and occupies about three feet square of space. " The first winter we had potted trees we kept them in a cellar, but most of the buds dropped, and we changed to the cool dry shed, the boxes plunged, and this has been suc- cessful. " The uncertainty of our climate now, as to the peach crop, compelled us to adopt this mode of testing varieties, and we are much pleased with the results thus far. As to the amount. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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