DWARF PEACHES 



8.7 



another, and cutting back those which are growing 

 too far. 



The peach usually requires a comparatively light 

 soil and a warm exposure. The plum root upon which 

 a dwarf peach is budded will usually succeed in a 



FIG. 34 PEACH IN FAN ESPALIER ON WALL, ENGLAND 



considerably heavier soil, and the method of budding 

 on plum is therefore sometimes practised with the 

 specific object of adapting the peach tree to heavier 

 soils. Inasmuch as various kinds of plums succeed 

 in all soils on which any crop can be grown, from 

 light sand to heavy clay, it is not difficult to meet 

 any reasonable requirements in this respect. 



