The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-10

many varieties came into Chicago, but
as commercial plum there is none that
comes into the market tn 1t is equal to
the wild goose. | do not know of any
thing that astonished me more than
that statement. He is a reliable gentle
man, and one who is we'll posted in the
markets there. / think again, that we
are never going to make success Of
plums without 8prayiDg-Without using
some poisonous substance to kill the
.ects that attack the fruit. My exper'
fence in spraying is limited,7b the lit
tie experience have shows me that we
can get rid Of the insects that attack the
bloom by spraying.
Report on Peaches and PIums.
Mr.. President, and Members of the State Horti-
cultural Society:
l shall cOnfine myself to plain statement of the
methods pursued by myself and other successful
peach growers in our section, regardless OF the
old established rules OF peach growers in the
North, or the experierc CO of others in the State
Peach growing about Waldo is @ financial sue
cess. l shall not lay down rules for others under
different conditions but simply give my own ex-
perience and observation extendeing over ten
years.
FLATWOODs SOIL BEST
NV orchard, like the other successful or
chards of my section, is situated on fiat
woods pine land, having clay subsOiI about
two feet from the surface This soil is very
retentive of moisture and requires ridging or
understanding to make it available.
Our bestIpeac h land is justine kind q stranger
would not select for that business, while that
which he would select is just the land on
which to make q failure.
Peach growing at Waldo began about twelve
years ago, with = few Peento and Honey trees,
planted in an experim entail way; these be
gan to be so profitable that the acreage has
gradually extended. The PeentO is the most
treacherous variety OF which L have any
knowledge, yet in my section it has made but
two failures in ten years, while the native OF
Spanish varieties have not made single One
There are quite number of peach trees in
Waldo said TO be thirty years old still bearing
good crops Of fruit.
PLANTING.
prefer thrifty one year old trees.
The months of December ana January are
the best time for setting an orchard. When
land is not underdrained, set the trees on top
of the ground and draw the earth over the
roots with hoe, then bed up with turning
plow, leaving { eep water fuTow in the mid
die; but land for peaches should be under
drained, then the trees may be set u little
lower. The only mistake ever made in plant.
ing Yves in setting TOO deep.
When good trees are set and well cared for,
they will as a rule, pay all expen 'es up to
3 date the second year after planting.
VARIETIES.
While the Peento is the foundation OF our
peach culture, we have produced so many inn
provements by planting Peento seed and the
seed of its offspring, that we no longer con-
slider the Pc nto worthy OF planting.
AS TO the buSt varieties: The Jewel, Waldo,
Angel, Lizzie and Ogiedo rpen in the order
named, and are unsurpassed in their season.
The Jewel, is a Seeding of the Waldo fruit
ing on my place for the third time, and is two
weeks elrier than any other peach with me.
Oyiedo ripens in July, is of Honey origin,