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CORDON TRAINING. 



Sometimes the spur resulting from these repeated pinchings 

 becomes entirely composed of blossom buds, as represented 

 (fig. 19.) If left they so completely weaken the spur that it 

 is apt to die. To prevent this all the flower buds are cut off, 

 and an incision made as at a, (fig. 20.) 



Finally, close pinching is not practised during the first year 

 after the tree is planted. 



Such appears to be the plan now advocated by M. Dubreuil 

 under the name of pincement court, which we prefer to call 



13. LITTLK SPUR (aNTICIPE) OF THE 

 PEACH, RF.SULTING FEOM PINCHING 

 THE BUDS (ant.) AND THE INCISION. 



19. SPUR (ant.) of the peach 



BEARING FLOWER BUDS ONLY. 



spur pruning. That the method has been unsuccessful in 

 several places he admits, but he thinks that this has been ow- 

 ing to want of skill in the operator. His own experience tells 

 him that it possesses the following advantages : — 



20. SPUR (ant.) of THF peach, as in fig. 19, DEPRIVED OF THE 

 FLOWER BUDS AND SUBMITTED TO THE INCISION. 



1st. Economy of labor resulting from the summer tying 

 or nailing of the shoots, and the winter tying or nailing of 

 the main branches. 



2d. Economy in the construction of the trellis. Those in- 

 tended for other kinds of fruits answering every purpose, as 

 the tying or nailing is applied only to the main branches of 

 the tree. 



