PEACHES IN POTS. 



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before the buds have commenced to form, tlie shoot withers, 



as in FIG. 16. 



But when the pinching is performed at the proper time the 



shoot ceases to lengthen, and the lower pair of leaves remains 



near the base. At the winter 

 pruning the shoots have the ap- 

 pearance represented by fig. 17. 



It sometimes happens that, in 

 spite of pinching, the laterals con- 

 tinue to lengthen. In this case 

 a cut is made with the point of the 

 knife on one side of the base, as 

 at A, (fig. 14), about half an inch 

 in length. This cut stops the 

 growth, and a few days after, the 

 lateral is pinched, and the eyes 

 , are formed in the axils of the two 



13. SPUR OF THE PEACH (ANTI- 



cipe) resulting from the buds lower leaves, as at d, fig. 18. 

 (ANTiciPE) PINCHED TOO LATE. ^j^ ^|jq latcrals liaviug been 



pinched for the first time, on several of them one or two 

 generations of young shoots will be produced. These are 



16. SPUR (aNTICIPE) of the PEACH, 

 DRIED UP. RESULTING FROM 

 PINCHING TOO LATE. 



17. SPUR (aNTICIPK) OF THE PEACH 

 RESULTING FROM PINCHING THE BUDS 

 (aNTICIPE) at the PROPER TIME. 



pinched above the leaf nearest to their base, as already ex- 

 plained, and this operation will give rise to shoots as repre- 

 sented in FIGS. 17 and 19. At the winter pruning they are 

 cut as at B, (fig. 17.) 



