188 HORTICULTURAL MANUAL. 



The nectarine is grown on the west coast for drying and 

 canning, and in peach centres and most neighborhoods of 

 the South it is grown in a small way. But it is nowhere 

 a commercial product, except in east Europe and central 

 Asia. In all respects it is propagated and managed the 

 same as the peach. 



188. Laying down Peach and Apricot. In the cold 

 North, even in the trying climate of Minnesota, the peach 

 is grown by laying down for winter protection. In north 

 Iowa many have secured good crops by dividing the roots 

 in planting so as to spread at right angles to the direction 

 the trees are to be laid down. By digging down on the 



FIG. 63. Peach trained for laying down. 



side the tree is to be bent over, the stem is crowded over 

 when young, and when it gets larger the previous crowd- 

 ing and bending and breaking of the roots favors the 

 continuance of the operation. 



But a better plan is shown in Fig. 63. The trees are 

 encouraged to make an upright growth the first year. A 

 strong one-year-old tree should be about six feet high 



