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MR. JUSTIN BROOKE is an enthusiast with a sense of proportion. He grows fruit commercially on a considerable scale near Newmarket, has grown and marketed peaches since 1936, and outlines, in the present volume, details for a great expansion of the crop in Great Britain. The variety Peregrine yields heavy crops and is self-fertile; it is best grafted upon the Broad Leaf Mussel stock. The author considers that peach blossom is rather less sensitive to damage by spring frosts than Victoria plum blossom. Manuring should be directed towards the production of vigorous growth, and pruning should also be subordinated to the same end. Thinning of fruit to one every four inches of branch is necessary, and the would-be grower will find adequate detail of all cultural aspects, and of pest and disease control, in the text and in the twelve excellent halftone plates. Mr. Brooke points out that mechanized corn-growing and fruit production go well together, and it is greatly to be hoped that some of his readers will be stimulated to repeat his experiment in other parts of Britain. It would indeed be a national asset if peaches were within the economic reach of all members of the community.
Peach Orchards in England
Being an Account of How to Grow Good Peaches in this Country. By Justin Brooke. Pp. 86 + 12 plates. (London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1947.) 7s.6d. net.
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Peach Orchards in England. Nature 160, 814 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160814c0
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