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cutting back is done until the following spring. Occasion- 

 ally, the buds put in early will start the same year but this 

 only happens in the south where the winters are not severe 

 enough to cause much injury. In the spring as soon as 

 growth starts the trees are gone over and cut back to 



FIG. 30. Peach Budded on Almond. One Dormant One Growing. 



just above the bud. As growth starts slowly in the spring, 

 the bud is able to carry all the sap and ought to make a 

 rapid growth throughout the summer, producing a tree 

 from five to seven feet tall in the southern states and from 

 three to five in the northern. The more rapid growing 

 kinds of fruit will make a desirable nursery tree in one 



