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THE NURSERl’-LIST 383<br />

back process is continwd till the buds have developed a, length of<br />

;< to 4 inches, when the stocks may bc cut off and all the leaves<br />

cleaned up.<br />

Peach trees map* IW graftcci and this practice is somletimes followed<br />

in top-working trees sex?eral years of age ; but when. it is desired to<br />

change the variety, it, is better to do so by budding, since the<br />

wounds made in grafting do not heal readily.<br />

‘1s buds can be set successfully only in wood of the current<br />

season’s growth, it is necessary to head back olld trees severely<br />

and get a vigorous growth of sprouts if it is desired to work them<br />

over to other varieties.<br />

Ornamental peaches (as double-flowered varieties) are budded<br />

on common peach stock m the same way as the fruit-bearing sorts.<br />

The nectarine is propxgat,ed in the ,sarne way and on the same<br />

stwkC; n.s the pca..ch. For PIWRIM Sinzon.ii, see Phr FII.<br />

Peanut, Goober ( A4 m-h is h~yyogm). Zqumin,osce.<br />

Grown from seeds, which, for greenhouses or cold climates,<br />

should be sown in heat. In warm exposures and quick soil in the<br />

lXorth, seeds planted directly in the open will give satisfactory<br />

results for the amateur. The peanut, as a field crop in the South,<br />

is grown from seeds planted where the crop is to stand. The<br />

seed of thcl thick-podded kinds is shelled before planting, but not<br />

of t,he thin-podded kinds. The seed is plant,ed at the same season<br />

as corn (maize), 6 to 10 inches apart, jin the row, and the rows 2s<br />

t.0 3 feet apart,.<br />

Pear (Pyres con2m umi, t’. serot i)La and perhaps others). Rosacece.<br />

Pear seedlings are grown in the same way as those of the apple,<br />

which see. Pear stocks are imported from France, however, as the<br />

leaf-blight is so destructive to t.hem here as to render their culture<br />

unprofitable. This leaf-blight is a furngus, and recent experiment<br />

has shown that it can be readily overcome by four or five thorough<br />

sprayings with bordeaus mixture, so that there is reason to hope<br />

that the growing of pear stocks may yet become profitable in this<br />

country, although the higher price of labor here, and the drier summers,<br />

are serious disadvantages. Heretofore, the only means of<br />

mitigating the ravages of this blight was the uncertain one of inducing<br />

a strong growth early in the season. Even-when pear stocks<br />

are raised in this country, they are grown from4imported French<br />

seed. Aside from its cheapness, however, this foreign seed probably<br />

possesses no superiority over domestic seed. But pear seed is so

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