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Section III. — On Planting the Peach Tree. 

 I. On the Choice of Trees for Planting. 



44. Those who are unable or unwilling to bud their own trees, 

 should be careful properly to select, or cause to be selected, in the 

 nurseries, the sorts budded on the stocks best suited to their soil. 

 As I have already said, the preference is usually given to those 

 budded on Almond stocks, with the previously-mentioned exception. 



45. After having chosen the sorts we require, we must pick 

 out healthy and vigorous trees, with a clear and lively bark, aud 

 with a straight stem, properly furnished with eyes at its base. 

 The size of the tree must not be too much regarded, for there are 

 certain much esteemed kinds, which, though appearing less 

 vigorous, are, notwithstanding, equally advantageous. 



46. It is necessary to apply to a nurseryman worthy of confi- 

 dence, whom we can trust in regard to the taking up of the 

 young trees so as to preserve their roots, this being so important 

 to their success. It is better to pay a trifle more per plant 

 rather than run the risk of having trees with roots cut short and 

 mutilated. We should also take care to have the trees planted 

 as soon as possible after they are taken up ; and if they have to 

 come from a distance, it is necessary that they should be well 

 packed, especially the roots, so that they may not be dried by the 

 contact of the air. 



47. Before giving the precautions which it is necessary to 

 take in planting, it will be well to point out the aspects most 

 suitable for the Peach. Although those I determine are specially 

 applicable to the climate of Paris, it will be easy to modify 

 them according as the locality may be more to the south or to the 

 north, though the culture of the Peach extends but little to the 

 north of the latitude of the capital. I shall also say a few words 

 respecting the wall against which the Peach is trained, and, after 

 having treated on these two subjects, T will return to the 

 planting. 



II. Aspects and Soils most suitable to the Peach, 



L8. The Peach-tree equally dislikes an aspect that is too hot or 

 too cold ; and, although it may be cultivated against a south, and 

 likewise against a north aspect, it is preferable to plant it against 

 an east or west. In this way, the same wall gives support to 

 trees of which the produce on both sides is nearlv equal. This is 



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