The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-03

N. M: 1t is not absolutely essential
that the peach seeds should be frozen
in the late winter in order that they
may terminate promptly in the spring.
1t is a very great help in making use
OF frost to crack the seeds open, but
this can be effected sufficiently well by
placing the seeds in layers in a box
OF sand or any common soil and keen
ing the seeds constantly moist during
the winter. 1t is not feasible to crack
the seeds open with a hammer as
could be done with almonds. The ker-
nels would be likely to be bruised in
SO doing.
But even in Southern Georgia there
is always cold weather enough in jan
uary or February to utilize it for pre-
pairing the seeds for planting. One
good freezing of the seed pits will
crack them open. The way to do is to
place the seeds at once in shallow
boxes and cover with two or three
inches of soil and wet it to saturation.
See that they are kept fairly wet.
Later on in january, when a cold
wave threatens, set the boxes out in
the open air, when the soil will freeze
hard during the night. When it has
become frozen cover the boxes with
straw. little later, when they thaw
out, the seeds will crack open and
should be planted at once
The Indian Blood peach reproduces
itself very closely from the seed and
where seeds can be procured from a
Seeding tree will come true almost
every time. In parts of Alabama this
variety of peach is still to be found.
We are told that they are descendants
OF trees planted by the Indians over
century hoV
misinformed there are trees growing
known to be fifty years old.
II 1t is the object to establish a
part of your orchard with Seeding
trees ii would be wise to plant two
or three seeds right where you want
the tree to grow. If more than one
grows thin to one during the summer
We have known the young trees TO
attain a hight of five feet the first
season. Planted in March they were
that high by November If you de-
sign grating or budding the seedlings
IN the winter or spring following, you
can plant the seeds in rows three or
TOUR feet apart and place a seed every
ten or twelve inches apart in the row
For this purpose it is best not to use
very rich land or manure
it highly. Use land only medium in
quality and just cultivated enough 70
keep down weeds.
There is no question that Seeding
trees live many years longer than graft
ed or budded trees, and if one could
De sure that the seeding trees could
produce a marketable peach. there
would be great inducement to plant
a large part of the orchard with them
But one cannot tell what the fruit
VIII be until the trees have been al
lowed to bear year or two. If the
fruit should prove undesirable it would
involve considerable loss of time
and labor.
While ii Is done in older countries 10
a considerable extent, the practice Of
grating trees after they are several
years old Is not one that would com
mend itself to peach growers IN the
south. II Is too expensive-requires too
much nice work. We have much vet
70 learn about fruit growing in the
South A very large number OF peach
trees Will be set out this coming sea-
son and from all accounts II viii be
4 very one-sided affair so far as varie-
~ Of fruit is concerned Everybody