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provided for the annual growth. The fan form being 

 less definite in its makeup can be more readily adapted 

 to the exigencies of rapid growth and severe cutting 

 out. 

 On account of its more vigorous growth the peach 



FIG. 33 ESPALIER PEACH, HARTFORD, CONN. 



demands even more drastic pruning than that already 

 described for apples and pears. The method of manag- 

 ing a peach tree, however, differs in some details. 

 There is not such a distinct establishment of leaders 

 at the end of the shoot; and since the peach never 

 forms fruit spurs like those of the apple, the pruning 

 of the fruit-bearing wood is necessarily different. The 



