THE PEACH. 



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one or two minute ones towards the base (fig. 133). It 

 might be thought, that the blossoms upon these small 

 branches, unaccompanied by a wood-bud, must prove 



Fig. 133 —Small Irre- Fig. 134— Fruit-Branch, Fig. 135.— Wood-Branch, 

 gular Frnit-Branch. Mixed Buds, First Pruning. First Pruning. 



sterile, and ought to be cut off at pruning, as though 

 of no value ; quite the contrary, however ; experience 

 proves that these blossoms produce the finest fruit. 



