By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. 367 



to the gardener to trust wholly, in any situation, for his crop 

 of fruit, to the spurs produced by the abovementioned mode 

 of pruning and training the Peach tree. In every warm 

 and favourable situation, I would advise him to train the 

 larger part of his young wood, according to the ordinary 

 method, and in cold and late situations only, to adopt to 

 a great extent, the mode of management above sug- 

 gested. A mixture of both modes, in every situation, will be 

 generally found to multiply the chances of success ; and 

 therefore neither ought to be exclusively adopted, or wholly 

 rejected in any situation. The spurs must not be shortened 

 in the winter or spring, till it can be ascertained, what parts 

 of them are provided with leaf-buds. 



