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B. J. P. asks our advice in regard to heading down some old peach trees, 

 which have never been pruned, but neglected until the long limbs are bare, with 

 the exception of a little young wood at the extremities. Our experience is not 

 in favor of the course proposed. We have headed down many such trees, and, 

 though they generally throw out some good strong shoots, and look ven,^ prom- 

 ising for a year or two, in almost every instance they have failed before bearing 

 fruit. We would, therefore, recommend rooting up such o/i^ trees, and planting 



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