AWKWARD PEACH TREES 



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1 (ranches, and these branches should now be 

 headed -in to five or six buds. Strong shoots, 

 with an upward 

 tendency, will now 

 start from the base 

 of these branches, 

 and at the end 

 of the second year, 

 a tree something 

 like that in Fig. 

 153 may be se- 

 cured. If it is de- 

 sired to start the 

 limbs of a peach tree 



Very low, to make a 150. Another trouble 



low head, the tree with young peach 



should be cut to a 



stul) a foot or two long when it is planted. 



153. How to 



correct 



it. 



ROOT-PR L T NING 



In order to understand the vexed question of 

 root -pruning, it is necessary that the subject be 

 analy/ed. We prune the roots 



I. Of established plants 



1. To keep the growth within bounds, 



particularly when it is desired that the 

 plant shall be dwarf ; 



2. To concentrate or contract tlie foraging 



of the roots: 



3. To make plants fruitful. 



