PEACH AND NECTARINE TREES. 223 



the trees, is the fan method. And if they be 

 pruned and otherwise treated as directed in 

 this Chapter, every advantage will be deri- 

 ved which can be wished, or can be obtained, 

 by any other system of training whatever. 



The tree must be headed down at spring, 

 so that six buds are left upon it. When the 

 shoots have pushed, let them be regularly 

 disposed in a fan way by securing them to 

 the wall. Attention must be paid to water- 

 ing the tops and roots of the trees agreeably 

 to the instructions given in the Chapters 

 upon each. During the summer, lateral 

 shoots will generally be produced upon those 

 six which were trained in at spring, such 

 shoots must be disposed of in the following 

 manner: If the tree pushes very vigorously, 

 train in all side laterals, and rub or prune off 

 the foreright ones; but if the tree be not very 

 vigorous, only train in the two lowest late- 

 ral shoots, and about five inches farther along 

 the shoot, train in two more; thus proceed 

 to train in laterals, and all the intermediate 

 ones must be rubbed off. This regulation 

 must take place when the shoots are about 

 three inches long, and as they advance in 

 growth during the summer, let them be re- 

 gularly secured to the wall. At the following 

 winter pruning, the leading shoots must be 

 shortened back about one quarter of their 

 length, as a, Fig. 1. and the lateral shoots 

 about one-half, as b. Let the cut be made 



