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THE FRUIT-TREE AND SHEUB PEUNER. 



Peach is grown as a standard (on the same plan as we 

 grow Apples) in some countries. In Texas, for instance, 

 Peach-trees are planted in orchards, where they are 

 very productive ; but the fruit is generally small on 

 account of the trees not being pruned. If these were 

 thinned similar to Fig. 37, the fruit would be much 

 finer. The example before us may be useful to those 

 who grow standard Peaches, or to those who do so in 

 such places as Texas. 



Fig. 37. 



The pruning should be done soon after the fall of the 

 leaf in those countries where the Peach will ripen on 

 standards in the open ground, as we grow Apples in 

 England, because there the climate must of necessity 

 be very warm, without much winter, so that early 

 pruning is necessary. Thin out the principals so as to 

 open the head of the tree, and then shorten back to 

 some young wood, a a a a a. Thus the annual prun- 

 ing may be done to keep the tree to a moderate size, 

 and to get finer fruit year bv vear. 



