| Show PEACHES WITHOUT irrigation mr L P johnson came into tho the news sanctum yesterday afternoon bearing a box ot of luscious nes ies naich he presented to the borce ith th his compliments the box con lined dined just 64 peaches ot of even size nd ad the most delicate color and were grown in mr johnsons hillside orchid without water there was not a agus or blemish on them and the flavor was just about par excellence in explaining just how fruit can be grown on the hillside where tile the trees have the full benefit of 0 the hot rays of the sun during the summer months uncle peter said that he always cultivated his ground thoroughly and during the past summer after each storm he went through the orchard with a cultivator and mulched up the soil over every square foot of ground with the result that the natural moisture has been conserved and the trees not only kept alive and ili thrifty but produced peaches the tha of which would be hard to find in ia a thoroughly irrigated orchard 9 the fruit tasted all the way down that is to say all that has yet been eaten of the box and thanks ot of the news force is extended to brother johnson for his kind thoughtfulness |
