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CHAP. VI. 



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COEDON TEAINING IN PEACH TEEES. THE 

 DIAGONAL COEDON. 



" IF any one tree has occupied the attention of 

 cultivators more than another, it is surely the 

 peach." So says the editor of the Gardener's 

 Chronicle; and so many have done so, that 

 it may almost be asked if the matter be not 

 exhausted. The article from which this is quoted 

 proceeds to lay down tlu^e_.cjin^io^ 

 sary to success in peach culture, which is what 5 

 we are now considering. The first indispensable 

 condition for success is, that the soil must be well 

 drained; and secondly, that the wood must ripen 

 thoroughly ; and thirdly, that as the wood of the 

 first and third year produces no fruit, it must be 

 looked for only on the wood of the second year. 

 I hope to be able to show satisfactorily that these 

 requisites can best be obtained by cordon train- 

 ing, combined with attention to other important 

 particulars. 



The peach, like the pear, is a standard of 



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