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in two than they spUt at a crotch, and orchards in which the trees 

 are pruned after the manner of Figs, i to 4 have in no case suf- 

 fered more than others. In fact, the horizontal branches of the 

 high-topped trees often appear to carry a load of fruit with less 

 ease than the more upright branches of the other style of train- 

 ing. This danger of breakiner i** greatly lessened if the fruit is 



4. Vase-fonn trees, six years pla?ited. {Maryland.)* 



properly thinned. The low trunk allows of a more open top, 

 and this seems to be an advantage. One is often surprised at the 

 thinness of top in the best peach orchards of Delaware and 

 Michigan. In such tops, the peach should color up better, and it 

 is reasonable to expect less trouble from fungi. 



*For a contrast of the Michigan and Chesapeake methods, with an account 

 of variations in the sizes of the trees, see American G irden, 1890, 20. 



