The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-07-31
PEACH CROP OF THE
UNITED STATES
Under Scientific Methoos the Yield
IS Quadrupled Per Acre.


"''''''' WI" 'I''''"' !" news anu courier
The peach crop Of the United States
will amount this year to about 70 900
wv ouShcIS' IS lhe lruiI Oh "hich
'hl' coun'ry P'luC" lt'eii most, ana re-
Cc"'S INC S'2'ollc 'n"uSVrY IL repre-
SUMS mas OcC'' transformer Dy lhe m
rto"UT'loh VI T"i' 'ou9 nc" ana Sciehll-
llc "C"S' M"9t Important among
''t'' - d" '"i'c"SlHc inc'hou ol
cu'IU'c' oS "'ilcn Que acre Is maze 10
S'ci" more ''''h use" 10 DC oDlaihcc,
reasoned III o"9ilcl', from lout times
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1t IS III Michigan that this idea has /
| has been cHrrlcd brOadcst, its most es !
Scntial requirement (apart from care
tul trllagc and rigid pruning) being a
wctI-nlgh ruthless thinning OF the
fruits on each Tree. TO the old.fash-
ioncd grower the notion OF cutting of
lhree-iourlhs OF the peaches just when
they are beginning to develop seems
absurd and even outrageous; yet in
tins way more bushels are actually OBJ.
tanned than would be produced if there
was 10 such Interference, and the in
dividual peaches are very much finer,
bringing lar higher price in the mar
) kct. by such means Il maximum of 10
. bushels to tree, OF 500 bushels to the
: acre, is secured.
, Now this is business, and of a kind
I 20 astonish the planters of The old
school An important point about 1T
: is that the number Of seed q. e.
l peach. stoncs) produced is only one
; fourth lr the normal and. inasmuch
c as their dcvclopmcnt is the creates, of
Q all drains uDon the vitality Of the tree,
3, (using up incidentally large quantities
50 of potash and phosphorus acid from
the soil. } a profitable SAVING is effected.
2. incidentally. REGULARITY of Weld from
II season 10 season is promoted.
II The greatest enemy of the peach
q grower is frost A peach tree is a
o boru fool, and on the slightest provo.
I cation in the way of warmth it per
Z mlts It's buds TO expand, III the mis-
IS taken notion that gentle spring has ar
rived. Then comes cold weather and
* il is nppcd, with disastrous 6nanc,al
c results to the planter. Down South
$ Tins kind OF mischief is even worse
"a than i'll the North, because of tho
warm spells that arrive during the WIN
&C 1t has been ascertaincd that troubl,
:; "i the sort may be miligatcd TO a con
/, siderable extent by spraying the twig:
and dormant buds with solution o
y, wh'tc-Wash, the effect being u hole
$ back the blossoms Being white, ,ht
buds and twlgs thus coated reflect th,
;; suns rays, instead of absorbing them
and their temperature being not per
ccptlb!y raised, rlpcnng is rotardcd
In cold ATTITUDES the trees are some
n, times bent over horizontally close Il
lc the ground during ihe winter, ant
IL covered with straw or earth 10 protec
a' them,
- lhis IS The age OF increasing luxury
y and people nowadays are willing t,
$ pay almost any price for exceptional,
e. choice fruits In winter as much a
> - piece is often paid for pc hes
7, ana gardeners in this country are try
ing TO introduce some of the lntenslv,
10 horticultural methods of Europe. Ii
F." France and England peach trees ar,
III commonly trained flat against walls
I, with southern exposure, or on trcllisc'
!" 1901 or so away from the wall. ant
" all the branches are cut away except ;
10 l'W' when are compelled TO assume
q certain patterns, frequently OcOmet ri