THE PEACH. 



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as to habituate the fruit gradually to the full influence 

 of the sun. The leaves must not be carelessly torn 

 ofl*, but cut away so as to leave a small portion of each 

 stem and leaf. If this is not attended to, the eye at 

 the base of the leaf- stem will be lost, to the injury of 

 next year's crop. 



Third Tear, — At the third year the winter pruning 

 is practised as follows : — 



Fig. 144.— Fruit-Branch, Second Pruning. 



The fruit-branches proper (fig. 130), which have 

 borne during the preceding summer, have now grown 

 to the form of figure 144. The fruit-branch is cut 



