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THE MODERN PEACH PRUNER. 



very valuable, and should be carefully looked after. 

 In lofty houses, however, from the tendency of the 

 sap to ascend, the lower portions of bush trees of 

 a certain age and size cannot be depended on. 

 All Peach growers agree that fruit on the lower 

 branches is not of the best quality. The shoots, 

 therefore, placed low down, must be as well ex- 

 posed to the sun as possible. Bush trees in low 

 houses, having their centres well exposed, ought, 



Fig. 20. — COMMON ORCHARD-HOUSE SHOOTS. 



