Show A wild neach recently discovered in china by the departments plant explorer and now brought to this country for the first time is considered consider edof of great interest although its fruit is not desirable investigation in its native habitat habit itt showed that the roots of this plant are not as susceptible cep tible as our native peach to alkali in the soil while it will withstand cold and does rot 1110 reo quire aire much moisture exic are under way therefore to determine the usefulness of the rootstock of this peach for grafting with different hardy ha ady american varieties if success is achieved the specialists believe that they can develop peach trees which will make possible the raising of peaches in the southwestern or alkaline sections and at the same time offer possibilities of peach cultivation n many and cold regions and possibly eve even n into portions of iowa beyond the northern edge of the present peach region |