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The cultivation of these fruitw, especiallj' tiie early ones, in as a rule ejitirelj^ 

 neglected after the crop is harvested, and owing to the faihue of soil moisture the 

 development of the fruit spurs and the storing up of the plant foods mentioned in 

 the early part of this book cannot take place, and when the rain does come in the 

 late autumn very serious damage results to the tree and subsequent crop. The 

 peach sliould be planted in good loamy soil. 



Fig. 127. 

 The same leader pruned. 



