AWKWARD PEACH TREES 



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branches, and these branches should now be 

 headed -in to five or six buds. Strong shoots, 

 with an upward ; , 



tendency, will now \ 



start from the base 

 of these branches, 

 and at the end 

 of the second year, 

 a tree something 

 like that in Fig. 

 153 may be se- 

 cured. If it is de- 

 sired to start the 

 limbs of a peach tree 



Very low, to make a 152 . Another trouble 

 low head, the tree with young peach 



should be cut to a trees ' 



stub a foot or two long when it is planted. 



153. How to 



correct 



it. 



ROOT-PRUNING 



In order to understand the vexed question of 

 root -pruning, it is necessary that the subject be 

 analyzed. We prune the roots 



I. Of established plants 



1. To keep the growth within bounds, 



particularly when it is desired that the 

 plant shall be dwarf ; 



2. To concentrate or contract the foraging 



of the roots; 



3. To make plants fruitful. 



