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and malleable, so do we form and direct our trees while yet they 

 are amenable to our treatment. But the work must go on and on 

 and on, and we shall hope in the succeeding chapters to offer such 

 advice, in its place, as may be instructive and helpful. 



Although we have used the names apples, pears, plums, the 

 making of cherries, peaches, and apricots is an identical process 

 from the budding or the grafting up to the stage we have now 

 reached. The training of peaches and Morello cherries is only 

 more involved because there are a greater number of growths to 

 deal with, but the routine is much the same ; and there are also far 

 more lateral growths in peaches, and these have to be removed 

 during the summer and before they have become strong. As, 

 however, apricots and peaches are seldom classed as orchard fruit 

 we do not think it advisable to treat specifically of their cultivation. 



