Show The Making of a Peach By H. P. Box Elder High Marvelous are the things made by man in his laboratories and but nothing that man has made compare in any way with the things made by when using that mysterious force we call Although little is now known of the way in which nature does her it is hoped that by more closely methods we may make her s J our needs more consider some of the now known about the a with the hope that maybe stimulated to learn of nature's m The beautiful which A to boh eye and f is made up from simple found in the water and From the soil is taken the 4 1 found mostly in the si and and which is 1 ashes when the fruit is which is also taken the makes up the greater g of the and is also combination with carbon from the air in making the cea which hold the in parings the sugars which peach its delicious flavors pleasing The most important element ir which is taken fromn and when the to t is burned is given back to the The burning of wood ex and the breathing of at give off a called bon dioxide it is from this 1 solid is the mineral is taken up by the roots which are covered ne These root hairs fine that the eye cannot them in the although ay be seen on the rootlets developed from germinated between the if a damp Trees must develop oot as it is only i them that the water is with its mineral goes up through wood of the tree trunk where most of the given while some of 1 the mineral is l the preparation of food lie under side of the leaf it numbers of little which give off water w the air with its carbon to pass into the is a little through the energy fur-by the starch and re made from the carbon The green coloring of the leaves plays an impart in this which oly in It will that a country having the will have the ad-in the production of the and best flavored the food is made in the it is carried through the irk to feed the roots and f parts of the More prepared than is used and some of it is to use in sending and leaves the or for healing wounds or sup-new when insects re stripped the the food is used in buds for the next year's l n younS trees only f are these de- 1 branches the following ari but on mature under on each side I I the eaf buds flower buds are toe blossoms which come I J ln the spring do not form J The Part of the blossom 1 foe into frait is called I il is the central Part e Around the pistil are the which bear the dust-like It is necessary for the pollen one flower to be carried to the pistil of another flower before that pistil will develop into Bees carry the pollen from blossom to so protected by the Sometimes are not and then again the which are very are often killed by the cold of winter or the frost of so that under some circumstances a tree full of bloom produces no and at no time do as many peaches develop as the tree has Nature provides many blossoms that perchance some may produce and when left to herself produces many fruits on a tree that by chance some of the seeds may grow and continue the existence of that particular kind of We can see that nature's ideals and man's ideals are not the Nature desires to produce a great quantity of while man desires to produce fruit of quality suitable to his it is not intended that this article should be a treatise on orchard we shall consider briefly some of the things done by man in the making of a through care and on improved type of peach is it will not do to leave their propagation to because she will not continue improvements contrary to her ideals so peaches are generally worthless from our point of we may take a part of the improved tree and cause it to grow on the root of another tree of a similar this we do in Every Elberta peach tree in existence is really a part of the original Elberta When budded trees of the desired variety have been they are planted at such distance apart that all have an equal opportunity in partaking of the and the water in the Weeds and other competing Each tree plants are kept may be considered not as an but as a colony of individual branches among there is competition or struggle-for just as there is among the trees of forest or the shrubs of the Man must reduce this struggle among branches as well as among so he prunes and By pruning he may also direct the growth of the tree where he wants and have his tree top down where ne may conveniently gather the It is necessary to begin pruning the peach tree that the head may be low and Fruit is born only on new so if the tree is not pruned the fruit is born at the ends of long where its weight endangers the and its picking proves expensive and Pruning means new and new wood means more bearing area for the The principles underlying the thinning of fruit are much the same as those on which pruning is we simply reduce competition and let the food made by the leaves go to the production of a few fine fruits instead of too many inferior Fortunately there are not yet many insect pests affecting the peach in this and in our dry climate fungus diseases are not very One must be acquainted with both the plant and animal parasites of the and methods for their to be successful in its The most successful in this section practice clean cultivation among their peach his tillage of the surface soil th from evaporating and keeps down the so that the water supplied by irrigation is available for the trees during the period of growth and fruit After the fruit is cultivation and irrigation is ceased that the new wood may mature before the coming of If the growth of wood is prolonged the new growth is not hardened and may be winter When we understand the part water has to do in the of we can then realize much is under the control of the in an irrigated In giving the requirements of r. section ideal for the production oi we will give a description of the bench upon which Brigham It has been said that a peach tree will not stand wet meaning that its roots must not be free soil A gravelly bench without a hardpan offers the o Cold cold so good air drainage is also Our canyon breezes are a great aid in keeping the cold air from and resulting in Our pure mountain both on the surface and beneath the furnish an supply of the purest of essential to the making of peaches It is a well recognized fact that the keeping and shipping of our mountain peaches are Our soils are rich in those min eral elements' which assist ii adding strength to the trees anc color and flavor to the As yet we do not have to add expensive fertilizers to maintain we must give credit to the long days of bright which upon each cheek the warmest blush and gives a sweetness and flavor which gives Brig-ham peaches the highest |