VI.] TRAINING AND PRUNING. l6o 



24o. Fourth Ymr. — Lengthen the mother-branch_, and get a 

 second lower secondary branch. 



PLATE 9. 



244. Fifth Year. — Same operation ; but get a second upper 

 secondary branch. 



245. Sixth Year, — Same operation. Third lower secondary 

 branch ; and, if the tree have been taken care of, and its form 

 have not been sacrificed to a too great eagerness to get fruit 

 quickly, the peach-tree is formed. Having all the requisites, that 

 is to say, health in its nature, a good aspect, and suitable land, it 

 ought to extend to between twelve and twenty feet in length, eight 

 in height over the surface of the wall, and to resemble the figure 

 below. 



PLATE 10. 



246. All trees will not so readily assume this form : therefore I 

 will anticipate a few cases, and point out the means of remedying 

 the evil. Though a gardener, thoroughly embued with these prin- 



