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SOME SPECIFIC ADVICE 



peach trees than of most other fruits, from the 

 fact, as has been said, that the trees are usually 

 pruned too high in the nursery. The trees are 

 also likely to die back from the top, especially if 

 they have been set in the fall; and since they 

 have few buds on their bodies, they may throw 

 out adventitious shoots near the point of union 

 of the bud with the stock. Fig. 150 shows a 

 typical case of this kind, in which the trunk 

 A has died back nearly to the ground. The 

 two lowermost branches arise from the stock and 



are, therefore, to be 

 sacrificed; but the first 

 strong shoot which 

 comes from the bud is 

 allowed to grow, and 

 all the rest is cut away, 

 as shown in Fig. 151. 

 The grower now has 

 the plant under his con- 

 trol, and can start the 

 top where he may 

 choose. Peach trees 

 also have a tendency 

 to throw out strong 

 growths from one side 



and to be blind or dormant on the other side. 

 Such one-sided growth from the top of a peach 

 trunk is shown in Fig. 152. In this figure, 

 the long trunk has been cut back to the 



150. A common 



fault with peach 



trees. 



151. How to 



manage 



it. 



