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inality extends mostly in an opposite direc- 

 tion neglected cultivation. Doubtless, this 

 sin of omission lieth even unto the doors of 

 ninety-nine in a hundred of the fruit cultiva- 

 tors, of this section of the country. 



The peach perhaps better worked on plum 

 stocks, for this purpose will succeed even in 

 a very cold climate, when trained upon a 

 south wall, and slightly protected by pine 

 boughs through the winter and, more especial- 

 ly, through the changeable weather of early 

 spring. For a mode of training the peach, in 

 very rigorous climates, see the Chapter on 

 Training. 



Pruning. The peach needs little pruning 

 except the shortening-in system, recommend- 

 ed in Sec. 1. of Chap. V. Part 1. Any time 

 from late autumn until the latter part of April, 

 cut off with no great carefulness, from one- 

 fourth to three-fourths of the last year's growth, 

 all over the tree. The Very best time perhaps 

 to do this, is in the month of March. This 

 shortening-in pruning should be done every 

 year, as long as the tree lives, commencing 

 on the first year's growth of the bud. The 

 operation is performed much more rapidly 

 than one would suppose. The appearance. 



