PRUNING AND RENOVATION 



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The reclamation of old, neglected peach orchards 

 is sometimes worth while. It is not, however, so 

 promising or profitable a practice as the renovation 

 of old apple orchards. Peach trees, which have simply 

 been neglected for two or three years, which are on 

 good land, which are good varieties, which are under 10 

 or 12 years of age, and which are not seriously at- 

 tacked by yellows, little peach or San Jose scale, can 



A "DEHORNED" TREE— IT HAS FAILED TO MAKE A NEW HEAD 



