IN FORCING HOUSES. 



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till you come all round to sound bark ; if the tree., 

 could speak it would thank you. 



Having retained a sufficient quantity of the 

 one year old shoots on all parts of the tree, after 

 cutting away the ill placed, let them be trained 

 at regular distances to the trellis : such of the 

 peaches and nectarines which it may be thought 

 advisable to shorten the young shoots of, that 

 are left for bearing, the usual practice is to cut 

 them back about one-third ; but it is not custo- 

 mary to shorten plums, cherries, nor figs, but as 

 cherries and plums will bear for several years 

 on the same branches, upon small side spurs, 

 these, at the winter pruning, must not be removed, 

 at least as long as they continue fruitful, and at 

 this season, retain some young well- placed 

 shoots, to supply the places of the old as they 

 decline bearing. 



The summer pruning of trained fruit trees, 

 particularly peaches and nectarines, rests chiefly 

 with preserving a sufficient quantity of the most 

 regular side young shoots for fruiting the ensu- 

 ing year, and the removal of the foreright shoots ; 

 and those which are ill placed, and all such 

 which appear superfluous, and of improper strong 



