PEACH AND NECTARINE. 



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tains about 90 . The other branches are all treated as 

 subordinate members. 



Fig. 12, 





The form a la Dumoutier (so called from its inventor 

 and described at great length by Lelieur), is merely a re- 

 finement on the Montrueil method. It will be sufficient 

 to mention to the experienced trainer (and none other can 

 be expected to execute this form), that the formation of 

 the tree commences with the inferior limbs, and proceeds 



Fig. 13. 



towards the centre, the branches being lowered from time 

 to time, as the tree acquires strength. What is most wor- 

 thy of notice in this method is the management of the sub- 

 ordinates in the pruning for fruit. When a shoot promises 

 blossom, it is generally at some distance from the point of 



