. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1907, peach orchard, as they are not very exhaustive and requirethorough tillage. Small vegetables and tomatoes are favored by some or-chaidists and many other crops that meet the aforesaid requirements. 1906 FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION. 125 Cultivation. The land in a peach orchard should be thoroughly tilledevery season from early spring till the middle of July or first of trees readily respond to good cultivation. Some growers throw thesoil alternately to and from the trees; however, the level cultiA-ation is tobe preferred. This cultivation s
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1907, peach orchard, as they are not very exhaustive and requirethorough tillage. Small vegetables and tomatoes are favored by some or-chaidists and many other crops that meet the aforesaid requirements. 1906 FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION. 125 Cultivation. The land in a peach orchard should be thoroughly tilledevery season from early spring till the middle of July or first of trees readily respond to good cultivation. Some growers throw thesoil alternately to and from the trees; however, the level cultiA-ation is tobe preferred. This cultivation should be done every two weeks or so and a?soon as possible after every rain. In young orchards it =ihould be more orless deep to induce a downward growth of the roots. In b. iring orchards,shallow cultivation is the rule, and perhaps is best for the immediate benefitof the orchard; but it is thought, by some authorities, to be one of the causesof the short life of modern peach trees. Moderately deep tillage is notharmful, to say the Fig. 3. (leaiifultivationiu the Hale orchard of low-headed trees ( Belle of Georgia, 4 years old). Spring cultivation should be fairly deep and, as the season advances,it may become shallower and lighter. About mid-summer, when the woodof the trees is nearing maturity for the season, cultivation should cease al-together. At the last cultivation, a cover crop may be sown. Altbough highculture and particular attention is required in the peach orchard, it can beoverdone and result in an over-abundance of wood growth. Such a conditionis brought about by intense and late tillage on strong, rich land. We have not the time or space to undertake a discussion of the principlesof tillage. To give us a keener appreciation of its worth, however, and toenable us to apply our knowledge more intelligently, it may be well to notebriefly the benefits of the operation. The following summary is based uponand similar io the one systematized by Bailey in the Pri
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