PEACH TREES IN POTS. 



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in the process of pruning, the superfluous growths 

 are cut clean away, and in some cases they should 

 be spurred hard back. Thus treated, the trees are 

 not only more graceful in outline, but produce larger 

 and finer all-round fruits, and remain in a more 



FIG. l8. HALF-STANDARD TREE OF THE ALEXANDRA 

 NOBLESSE PEACH. 



vigorous, healthy, and fruitful condition much longer 

 than trees which have been spurred in, like an apple 

 or pear, at pruning time. 



That such trees require and should receive copious 

 and frequent applications of liquid -manure at the 



