LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Frontispiece, 

 figure. page. 



1. Fruit Spurs on the Peach, showing the successive growths 



and alternate pruning, - - .34 



Fruit Spurs on the Peach — alternate Pruning — second 



APPEARANCE?k 36 



Formation of Fruit Spurs on the Apricot — First Win- 

 ter's Pruning, •- - 44 



Formation of Fruit Spurs on the Apricot — Second Win- 

 ter's Pruning, 45 



Formation of Spurs on the Plum — First W^inter's Pruning, 47 

 Formation of Fruitful Spurs on the Plum — Second Win- 

 ter's Pruning, 48 



Formation of Fruitful Spurs on the Pear — Commencement, 52 



Formation of Fruitful Spurs on the Pear — Completion, - 53 



SUPPLEMENT. 



9. Espalier Training in Oblique Lines (Cordon Oblique) - 85 



10. First Pinching of the Buds of the Peach, - - - - 93 



11. Second Pinching of the Buds of the Peach, - - - 93 



12. Third Pinching of the Buds of the Peach, - - - 94 



13. Fruit Spurs of the Peach, resulting from the Mode of 



Pruning, 94 



14. Young Shoots of the Peach just at the proper time to 



Pinch, 94 



15. Spur of the Peach resulting from the Pinching of the 



Buds too late, 95 



16. Spur of the Peach dried up, resulting from Pinching 



too late, 95 



17. Spur of the Peach resulting from Pinching the Buds at 



the proper time, 95 



18. Little Spur of the Peach, resulting from Pinching the 



Buds and the Incision, 96 



19. Spur of the Peach, bearing Flower Buds only, - - 96 



20. Spur of the Peach deprived of the Flower Buds and 



submitted to the incision, 96 



