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THE AMERICAN PEACH ORCHARD 



practice good peach growers follow in cutting back 

 their nursery trees at time of setting out. In subur- 

 ban gardens I often see peach trees spoiled by be- 

 ing planted without heading back. The experienced 

 planter cuts off all the side shoots and cuts the main 

 stem back to a straight stub 6 to 20 inches long. 

 Roughly stated, the better peach man he is the 

 shorter he heads them back. 



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The novice need not undertake any fancy system 

 of pruning or shaping the heads of his trees, and 

 quite the less so seeing that the experts themselves 

 do not agree on these points. However, he can keep 

 his trees headed low, can keep the centers open, pref- 

 erably by June pruning, and can cut out dead or 

 broken branches. So much is safe ; any more is not 

 strictly necessary. 



Along with good tillage the trees should be given 



