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TIJE NURSERY-LIST 381tht>!, gi~ehardkr and strong:er roots than PC’ilClI seedlings, especiallyi!l r!r\- Y0iC-L (PII soi!>: tot) nt9ist f .3r prtch mats, St. JU!iuil plU.UIStO(*kS hitV!.’ I)C’Clt 11 %:(.(I ;IS well as ttt~~ro\x~lm pltittts, l)ut plutn stockstt-il(f t() il+ t/ii:. iit'('S, ancl tlte union is frtqucntly ittiperfect ;thtky arc‘ tltert:forkh littIc ttst4 at prcscrit. ilprict)t seedlings haveLatin ust~l, l)tit posst3 no special merit. The “wild peach of ( Ihina”(1’rll.H/is, or ,-t Hr!~~~rlrrl~r.s, Ilnl:irJifmrr) is attracting attention inSotIlt rcyiotis 1/S i1 h,ii-~IJ. peaVlt Stock, l)Ut it ItaS Ilot. paSs;cd tile~~X~~~~~illrt~lltill 5tkLj$’ alui it ckarly is not adapt4 to growing inall stBc&t ions. ‘l‘lltb w~sttcm sand cherqr (l’rurlus !3twwyi) is used to a\.tar~- l,irliittvl tA\ittlnt ;ci :L dwarfing stock.I’r3c*li I)its or sic~vls fur growing seedling stocks cotiie tnainlyfrotti “ natttral,” t hu t is, seedling, peach t,rces and orchards thatill jolt ttcl in t It11 -\pp;!lac*lti:tt~ tnountain districts of ,Xorth Cbolina,‘I’c~rlrlr5scv ant! iL(ljilCt’llt mm. On the Pacific Coast, t,he pits of~a~brt;ii~i \.;irii;iii+, SiiCh :l.i ,5ktlweJ-, M.orris iYhite and Struwlmry, arewllllllOld~~ WWrl. Pits frottt eastern cuntic~ries are considered un-(lt~siiral)k IWWWC of tltp clangt~r of “ yellows” and because the)- arc:so \-i1riilttl(’ in size its to ititvrfcrr~ in ltatt~lling t.hvtll in it peach-pit~>lillttt’Y, l)t5idc3 prrb(litcittg seedling3 \.ar>.itig widc~l~* in size. Thec*ott\.ic*ticm art~ottg ttttrsc~ty~tt1en is that tltci “ natural ‘* pits producestroit~~r*i .&&Ii”“ att(l ttlore uniforttt in sk, than do those frotntIltI “i,ut1d~4 ” or k”’ ti;r:tic~d ~Varir~ties.‘I‘liv s~wl~ or pits 10;ty tx plante(1 in thv arttutnt~ iii drills, wheretlItb tturstkr)’ is to I)rb lO(litt.4’(1, and covc~rt~cl al)out 2 inches deep, orThl?;\y Illil~~ ibil I)rci(itbti or sttxtific 1 in santl in late suttit136’r or’aututiin\vlttLrik tlw). art’ licpt tnoist anal sul,jected to frtiezitig during winter ;tltk trcattntmt rt)sults in cracking the pits, thus rcllessing thelitTllr++. St-1 lolls iIs thti l~cWtc4s remain iticasecl in t.licb pits, they cannot gt~rtninat~. I n 1 N b ( 1 ( 1’ 111x the pits, an esc:avation I:! or 15 inches.‘ltTp is tnmI(’ itt a wtbli-(lraine(l spot, and the pits art’ placed in it in!il)yt’l‘S, i~lt~l~ll~till~ \;z’itlt sand in t3srnti;kll~. t.ltt\ Sillltl’ Way as whentltr*)r are strut.ifkcl~irt ;t 110s.In thtb txrl>* syriug tlk pits art‘ stqx~rute(l fr&rt the sand by sifting:llltl 11;1ft(1 sortittg, iiIl(l IIliiIltt’(t in clrills wltthre thth)7 ilIT to grow, beingcovt~rml 1 i to 2 inc4l~s &YII. If otil~ a ftw st~vls are concerned,t.Ilt’ pits Illil). IJt*