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Major Streapy said that the ideal peach tree will yield from four to five bushels. He sprays them every three weeks during growing season. This year he is using a new fungicide called Indar, which he-buys through the Rappahannock Farmers’ Co-op. Indar controls brown rot on the peaches.
He buys most of his trees from Pennsylvania, New York and Michigan. He orders trees which are tolerant to brown rot and bacterial leaf spot. “They have to be as disease resistant as possible.”
Major Streapy credits Herbert, Charles and Gavor Foster with teaching him almost everything he knows about growing fruit. And Gordon Thornhill at the Co-op has also been a big help with keeping him apprised of new chemicals, he said.
Pruning the orchard is a huge job, which takes Major Sireapy, with the help of Mitch Hitt, from November to April. Because he is working full time during the week, weekends are filled up with working on the orchard.
Orchard records are kept on the
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