FRUIT-GARDENING. 



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fruit. Beginners should aim to have the tops of their peach- 

 trees well filled up with bearing branches. By pruning a little 



Peach-Tree badly Pruned. 



A Peach-Tree well Pruned. 



every year, there will be no difficulty in doing it in a most satis- 

 factory manner. 



THE YELLOWS. 



For several years past Peach-trees have been subject to what 

 has been deemed a disease called the yellows, from the circum- 

 stance of the trees having a yellow and sickly appearance. 

 Much curious philosophy has been spent on this subject with- 



