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THE PEACH GARDENS OF MONTREUIL. 



is a small corner of ground, where against a wall may be 

 seen several capital examples of Peach trees, the finest being 

 trained after what is called the Carre form. This is much 

 admired by the best cultivators, but they prefer and gene- 

 rally adopt the Palmette forms, and say they are the best. 

 The Candelabrum form is also to be seen in fine condition in 



Fig. 259. 



Fruiting Branch of Peach submitted to the third year's pruning. D, which 

 has borne the fruit of the past year, is cut at A ; the wood-buds below F 

 will furnish fruiting shoots for the following year ; and C bear the fruit 

 of the coming summer. 



this out-of-the-way nook ; it is simply trained by raising 

 vertical branches from horizontal ones running along near 

 the bottom of the wall. But as to the form itself, it is not 

 a matter of so much importance — the two chief points are 

 covering the walls and the treatment of the fruiting branch. 

 Yet it is interesting to notice the forms adopted by the 



