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and there small shoots that tend to make the head too 

 close. A low, compact tree that will carry a large crop of 

 fruit should be the aim, and during the summer such 



FIG. 59 A Four- Year-Old Peach Tree Before Pruning. 



FIG. 60 A Four-Year-Old Peach Tree After Pruning. 



branches as tend to outgrow their neighbors must be 

 pinched off. Fig. 58 shows a tree unpruned for four 

 years; Fig. 59, a tree before pruning; Fig. 60 a tree 

 pruned. 



