Here you are shown a part of an industry that has developed fairly recently. This is the industry of orcharding. It is not meant by this that people in this country have not had their orchards for years and years. In fact, every farm homestead had, in the early days, great apple and peach orchards which produced abundantly. But with the growth of large cities there came a demand for fruit to be produced for shipment. Apples are our most important orchard crop. Peaches ranks next to apples in the value of the amount produced. The leading peach-growing states are New Jersey, Maryland, Georgia, Delaware, Michigan, Colorado, New York, Connecticut, California, Oregon and Washington. Point out the states named on a map of the United States. Can you tell why these states are especially good for fruit growing? Your map will show the wide range in which

peaches may be grown. They are an uncertain crop, however, because they are easily frozen in the spring, especially at blooming time. Peach orchards are laid out and tended in much the same way as are apple orchards. The young seedlings are set out in rows at regular distances apart. These seedlings are "budded" from varieties of trees that produce great quantities of excellent fruit. They are trimmed and tended as all other orchard trees should be. They have their special diseases which peach growers guard against by special treatments. The fruit must be gathered by hand so that it will not be bruised. It is put into crates, loaded on fast freight trains, and sent to market. Many of the peaches unfit for shipment were formerly made into brandy.