. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1228 PEACH as Crawford (Fig. 1GC4), Oldmixon, Sal way, and the like. The varieties of Peaches are many, although less numerous than those of apples. An inventory of '\i catalogues of American nurserj-men, in 1900, showed 291 varieties on the market. The Peach is a showy tree when in bloom. There are double - fl
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1228 PEACH as Crawford (Fig. 1GC4), Oldmixon, Sal way, and the like. The varieties of Peaches are many, although less numerous than those of apples. An inventory of '\i catalogues of American nurserj-men, in 1900, showed 291 varieties on the market. The Peach is a showy tree when in bloom. There are double - flowered vaiieties (Fis. 1G6,")), which are as. Peach Peacli and 1 flowei of flllll fords the greater size u( ili< uieties liave nr\(i- 1. o risks of wmtir i].ju. of borers, ind the sin- in bloom The flowi-rs ible in both size and that theie are sraall-tio ties The character c of the varietj as size oi ,1 s tn o extremes The the Alexander and \i isden Pn â 111 Pi ich IS always propagated bj means oi stids The fiist jear the ;s ire budded to the desired %ariety Tlie seed is planted on the fiist opening of spring in rows tar enough ap irt to allow of horse tillage, and the seeds ate dropped e\ ery C to 8 inches in the row These seeds should ha^ e been kept moist duimg thi winter Usuallj the) aie piled out of doois, liting mixed with sind or gia\el ind al lowed to freeze The shells aie then soft when plant ing time arines and miny of the pits Mill be split Then it \m11 not be necessaij to eiaek the pits In fh nortliern states the tiees will be reidj for budding "i August ind early bepteraher The buds are set eliisi i the surf lee of the ground and thej do not start until the following spring. The year succeeding the bud ding, the bud should make a tree 3 to 6 feet in height and at the end of that season it is ready for sale, that is, the tree is sold when it is one season from the bud In the southern states. Peach seedlings may be 1 irgi enough to bud in Jun
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