600 



On the Peach. 



in the direction of east and west ; and portable linings of wooden 

 boards are slipt in under the rails of the trellis on the south 

 side, when the fruit is swelling off. 



This trellis has, I think, some advantage over the common 

 espalier rail : — 1. it can be put up at much less cost; 2. it re- 

 quires no ironwork; and, 3., no part of the woodwork touching 

 the ground, if kept tarred or painted, it will last for many years. 

 Another advantage is, that those roots of the trees which are 

 under the trellis are never disturbed by the spade. Our trees 

 are apples and pears grafted on quince and paradise stocks; 

 they were planted two years ago, about 8 ft. apart, and they are 

 now coming into excellent bearing. 



Kinnaird Castle, Brechin, Jan. 18. 1839. 



Art. VIII. On the Peach. By Alexander Forsyth. 



The peach border may be made of pure maiden loam, or the 

 turf thinly pared from any good pasture, piled in narrow 

 stacks at least one year previous to its forming the peach border, 

 without any additional compost or manure whatever, laid li or 

 2 feet deep on a well-drained substratum. 



The trees planted 3 in. deep, and mulched with 4 in. deep 

 of half-rotten dung, to retain the moisture about the roots, is 

 all that I consider necessary in planting the peach. 



In training this tree, nothing like a system was ever seen 

 practised, until Mr. Seymour's plan appeared. However, to 

 save a tale of some length, respecting the merits and demerits 

 of different modes of training, I shall detail one which I hope 

 will set the matter at rest, founded upon reason, and a know- 

 ledge of the nature and habits of the tree ; a basis from which, 

 I confidently trust, it will not, with rational persons, be easily 

 or speedily removed. 



A maiden tree (that is, a tree the first year after budding) 



