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STANDARD TRAINING. 



near the ground. The majority of neglected trees 

 are broken down durhig the production of their 

 fruit, by its weight on the end of very long limbs. 



(a) represents the peach tree at the end of the 

 first year, the arms having been formed, which show 

 the skeleton of the tree. These are cut back at 

 the winter pruning to one or two feet, according 

 to their strength, and laterals are allowed to form 

 and bear fruit at every bud, except that at the ter- 

 minus, which is to grow. After two or three years 

 the tree presents the appearance of (&), and is to be 

 pruned so as to keep it within its prescribed limits, 

 which should be less than ten feet in height. 



But in many of our northern districts the peach 

 is injured seriously by the vicissitudes of climate. 

 In such positions it is evident that the standard 

 tree would not succeed, nor the espalier unless cov- 

 ered in winter, which its size and form preclude. 

 The fact, which has been repeatedly observed, that 

 limbs near the ground fruit when others do not, 

 even when there is no snow of consequence to cover 

 them, has suggested the following diagram. 



Figure 1 represents the tree after the growth of 



