The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-03
,nrv NINE STATES CONNER CJALLY INTERESTED IN
 PEACHES.

'l Y4arco according to a new Farm ., Bulletin (No. 63D of the depart Sio .t m Growing Peaches" This i'liotin is the first of three on the
 anoral subject of peach growing, l,;oh will treat of fundamental or I nnrd onerations. The questions of
 4o nropagation, planting, tilIage, and soil fertility are treated in the ers+ bulletin now being issued.
 In locating a peach as well as any .4hor orchard other advantages must I1oopsidered besides the natural Cnes # climate and soil If an orchard Is too remote from a shipping station, i'm far away from a suitable market. v. located where ice for refrigerator .ors can not be conveniently supplied i+ miobt not be possible to grow peach es there profitably.
 Peaches may do well on a wide range of soil types including even some of the moderately heavy clay loams and elays. But whatever the tyne 2 soil must be thoroughly well drained to he suitable for peaches They will not succeed on poorly drain od soils It follows that the heavy clay types which are so hard and i'm neryious that water does not perco- late through them readily are to be avoided as a rule. Moreover, a soil should be moderately fertile. One very rich in nitrogen is not to be de- sired as general rule, since it is likely to induce an excessive growth of foliage. On the other hand, the impression which is somewhat com mon that a poor, unfertile soil Is good enough for peaches" is erro- neouS.
 In districts in which alkali soils oc- cur. sites should be selected with a view to avoiding them. While the peach tree can be grown where ttere is Q limited amount of the alkali salts, they cause disaster if present in large quantities. It is safer, therefore, to avoid them as far as possible.
 As general proposition, a site that is elevated considerably above the surrounding area is to be preferred for a peach orchard. Relative eleva- ton is generally of greater importance than actual elevation above sea level
 It is a well-recognized fact, though one too often overlooked in selecting sites for orchards that cold air set ties to the lower levels. For this req son 1t is often colder at the lower ele- yatlons than it is at higher points in the same locality. This Is what is meant by atmospheric drainage" The concurrence of frost in low places when there is none on elevated areas Is thus explained. For the same req son peach buds are often winterkilled or the blossoms are injured by frost m the spring in low places when near oy orchards on higher elevations are injured much less. or even escape en- tirely.
 When an orchard occupies a site that Is adjacent to a large body of water, the Importance of a relatively high elevation largely disappears. To be factor in the matter, however. oody of water must be of sufficient Size and depth to have an appreciable influence on the local climate. Be '"uSe the water warns up in the spring more slowly than the atmos- phere, It acts in effect as refirigera- 'of' making the temperature in its immediate vicinity colder than it is at Folhts somewhere distaa, from it. TOT this reason, vegetation within the zone ot this influence advances more '.V"ly Tn the spring than it does out s'ue oi that zone. The tendency is -0t 'he olossoming of peach trees sit u''eu within the zone to be delayed a''''' after the season of spring frosts Is past.
 m the fall frosts are delayed in a p''',''ar manner, except that the large yVuy oI water, having absorbed much "' ourIng the summer, cools off in %le Tall more slowly than the atmos tne'e' and hence it tends to keep the s'iperature within its zone of inhu- "'e warmer than it would otherwise no ~ 'S because of these reasons that peaches are grown with marked sue vor,. rs ana injury to the crops by ad- no.o,. no. temperature conditions is com PaIatlyeIY infrennnn4 in H..