PRUNING FRUIT TREES. 



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tank, with the water kept about the heat of 

 house ; for by using cold water, particularly in 

 very cold weather, it causes a great chill to the 

 trees and plants. 



PRUNING FRUIT TREES IN FORCING HOUSES . 

 "WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRAINING. 



Par. 40. — Pruning of fruit trees in the forcing 

 house, may be done any time after November, 

 till near the time for forcing : but generally for 

 peaches, nectarines. &c. it is better to prune them 

 two or three weeks before the forcing is com- 

 menced ; the methods usually adopted for pruning 

 in the open air. may serve as a guide for pruning 

 in the forcing house, I may here remark, for the 

 information of those who are accustomed :c 

 prune peaches indiscriminately, by cutting back 

 all the young wood : that some sorts, particularly 

 some of the finest varieties of Trench peaches, 

 and the best bearers, are not unusually covered 

 with bloom buds, nearly all up the young fruit- 

 bearing wood, without a leaf bud to cut to. 



When such is the case, the shoots should net 

 be shortened, which is the general practice, for 



