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JOUBNAL OF HOETICULTTJEE AXD COTTAGE GAEDEXEE. 



[ August 8, 1872. 



shoots — even into tearing shoots ; nay, more, into triple- I comprehensible -we will refer to engravings. All the eyes of 



budded shoots, as shown in. jig. 3. the strong-growing parts of the Peach tree when they push 



Let us now apply these principles, and to render them more | have at first a large leaf (e, fig. 1), and further in two- others 



which are smaller, called stipulary leaves (a). "When we have 

 to deal with premature shoots, as soon as these leaves appear 

 half their length should be cut off, as shown by the dotted 



lines A, A in Jigs. 1 and 2. Then, the point of the shoot noi 

 having been pinched, grows ; and a similar operation is per- 

 formed on the first two leaves which subsequently appear. If 



Fig. 3. 



these are very distant from the first pair of leaves, and it is 

 desired to prevent the shoot growing beyond that point, the 

 whole is pinched, the two leaves and the growing point as well. 



Pig. 4. 



The sap, thus checked for a time, finds its way to the eyes, 

 which become plumper, and in nearly all cases one or two 

 shoots start from near the point where the shoot was pinched. 



