PEACHES AND NECTARINES 115 



The best time for root-pruning Peaclies and Nectarines is after tiiey have 

 completed their season's growth, or at least a week or so before they drop their 

 foliage in the Fall. Different writers have recommended different periods of 

 the year, but the early Fail is the most appropriate time. The wood is then 

 pretty well firmed up, the extreme heat is over, and finally, it allows time for 

 the trees to adjust themselves and for the cuts to callus, and root action will 

 begin after the turn of the year. 



In growing these trees under artificial treatment much better results will 

 be obtained if they make a fair, moderate growth; but young trees will grow rank, 

 especially if the border has been made over rich, and in such a case root-pruning 

 is the best means of bringing the tree around to normal growth. Usually a 

 tree may be brought into good shape by a little heavier cropping if it is grow- 

 ing too strong. The fruiting wood on full grown trees should be shortened 

 back to about eighteen inches, according to circumstances. With a strong 

 growing young tree the object is to cover the trellis as soon as possible, if it can 

 be done without damage to the shape; here the wood may be left considerablj' 

 over eighteen inches; indeed, it is of advantage to have two or three feet of young 

 growth if the shoots are strong, and with the rapid growth that they make it 

 is possible to ripen fairly strong wood to produce fruit the following season. 



Newton Nectar 



Nectarine Newton 

 will be found excellent as a midseason variety, handsome in appearance, 

 with a rich Stanwick flavor 



