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new American varieties, which before long will 

 be our very best early peaches. 



Stanwick nectarines crack, but they have done 

 tolerably well with me this unlucky year. They 

 are really splendid, though they generally require 

 forcing. 



I only repeat, to end this chapter : keep to the 

 wood of the second year ; and as every shoot 

 which has borne fruit will not again bear, it is 

 well to cut off the shoot which has given fruit as 

 soon as it has done so. This is better for the 

 practised hand to do than for a mere beginner, 

 and should not be done in the early stages of 

 cultivation. 



