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THE AMERICAN PEACH ORCHARD 



FORMING THE TREE 



formation of a new head. We may say that on 

 this one point the practical peach growers of Amer- 

 ica are fully settled, that is, on the desirability of 

 forming the head very low. While a few growers 

 of apples and pears and plums still believe in de- 

 veloping forest trees with tall trunks, the peach 

 growers have learned better. In the replies to a re- 

 cent questionnaire from which the author received 

 much valuable information from peach growers all 

 over the United States, this desirability of form- 

 ing the heads low was repeatedly asserted. Many 



PROPERLY FORMED TREE AT TWO YEARS 



