58 THE BOOK OF THE PEACH. 



pure and simple. This method of training applies 

 equally to trees trained against walls and wooden 

 fences, and secured thereto by means of nails and 

 shreds. 



PRUNING AND TRAINING THE TREES SECOND 

 AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS. 



The trees require little, if any, pruning the 

 second year after planting, further than lopping 

 extra long growths and bending down strong 

 central shoots in the manner recommended under 

 the heading of Pruning and Training the Trees 

 First Year, and for the purpose there de- 

 scribed, the object being to furnish the trellis 

 and wall-space allotted to each tre$ in as short a 

 space of time as possible. When this object has 

 been effected, the trees only require the shoots to 

 be thinned out more or less, according to the manner 

 in which the process of disbudding was performed 

 the previous spring, leaving, of course, as many 

 young growths as are necessary to take the place 

 of the old ones, which should be cut back to the 

 point whence the young shoots proceed, cutting 

 back to one wood-bud at the same time any front 

 shoots that may have been produced during the 

 summer. Strong leading shoots appearing in estab- 

 lished trees should be cut out in order to ensure 



