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a proper balance of growth on the tree, that is, 

 an even flow of sap in all the branches, which 

 should be distributed equally over the 

 space prescribed to each tree on the 

 trellis or wall, arranging the shoots at 

 four inches apart, radiating at the 

 same angle from the centre on either 

 side. These distances will admit of 

 one young shoot of the current or 

 following year's growth being trained 

 up the trellis between each pair of 

 branches during the spring and 

 summer months, pinching close back 

 all side and front growths proceeding 

 from these as they appear. In thinning 

 out the young shoots, those retained 

 should be shortened back to the wood- 

 bud next above the top fruit -bud (see 

 Fig. 14) ; or, in the case of weakly 

 shoots, to three buds located together ; 

 the middle one, being a wood-bud, will in due time 

 push into growth. 



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The distribution of moisture in the peach and 

 other forcing-houses should be regulated in accord- 

 ance with the gradually increasing rise in the 

 temperature until the maximum degree of heat is 



FIG. 14. 



