. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 364 Bulletin 74. orchards which I have seen this sumtaer produce only debts and exasperation. But here comes a difficulty : it is easy to produce an overgrowth upon strong lands. The trees grow to a great size during the first few years, their tops are full of heavy leaves and the foliage holds very late in the fall. These trees generally bear tardily and. /. Michigan peach orchard eight years old, with vase-form trees. in some cases they are never very
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 364 Bulletin 74. orchards which I have seen this sumtaer produce only debts and exasperation. But here comes a difficulty : it is easy to produce an overgrowth upon strong lands. The trees grow to a great size during the first few years, their tops are full of heavy leaves and the foliage holds very late in the fall. These trees generally bear tardily and. /. Michigan peach orchard eight years old, with vase-form trees. in some cases they are never very productive of fruit. They run to wood. The winds tear them to pieces. The first trouble lies in the land ; it is too strong for the peach. The second trouble may be the too free use of barn manures or other nitrogenous fer- tilizers, or too late cultivation in the fall. In 1889 I set several varieties of peaches in the University gardens upon soil which had been well manured in previous years, and the land has since been used for garden vegetables which have been well and some- times even excessively manured with stable manure. The trees have now passed their sixth suaamer, but not one of them has borne two dozen peaches. Yet they are models of thrift, and the. 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 Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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