ORCHARD PEACH TREES 



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Fig. 139. — Summer pruning is chiefly done with a knife or merely with the fingers. 

 Remove the small shoots inside and at the base, to direct the growth where desired. (New 

 Jersey Station.) 



Fig. 140.— Orchard peach trees two years old. The one at the right has been fed liberally 

 with much nitrogen in the fertilizer. The other has received no fertilizer. 



