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duced ; and these, the second season, must be again 

 shortened to the length of three or four inches, in 

 order to induce a sufficient number of young- shoots 

 to burst out, so that the tree may be regularly formed 

 at this stage of growth, and that no part of the wall, 

 or trellis, may be left without a prospect of young 

 shoots appearing from the centre, or such parts of 

 the trees most contiguous to the vacant spaces ; 

 observing to keep the Summer shoots regularly laid 

 in, and choosing such as are neither in a weak, nor 

 in a too vigorous state, except where a supply of 

 wood is wanted, when the luxuriant ones may be 

 left until the ensuing pruning season, when they 

 should be shortened, to furnish a sufficient number 

 of laterals, to fill up the blank spaces of the wall or 

 trellis. 



The third year, the trees will not require to be so 

 much cut in, and may be left from six to nine inches 

 long, if they are of a strong growth, as we must now 

 try to induce a supply of fruit-bearing wood ; and as 

 the Peach Tree generally produces its fruit from the 

 preceding year's shoots, much attention is required to 

 keep the wall, or trellising, regularly furnished with 

 bearing wood, and to replace the naked shoots that 

 will have to be removed every year. 



The beauty of a well managed tree, is in its 

 having the wall, or trellising, regularly covered with 

 bearing wood, which can only be done by keeping a 

 good supply of young shoots, and thinning out the old 

 and unproductive ones, as soon as they appear naked. 

 Those that are of last Summer's growth, and in a 

 vigorous state, should be shortened, when there is a 

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