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Pruning of the Peach. 



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and nectarines grown against walls or trellises, whether indoors 

 or out. Trees grown in pots should be treated somewhat 

 differently, as it would not be convenient to tie in a mass of 

 young fruiting shoots. The fact that peaches will form spurs 

 has been mentioned, and this may be taken advantage of 



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FIG. 5. — Fruiting shoot with various 

 buds: {0), terminal wood bud; {p), triple 

 buds (two blossom , buds with wood bud 

 in the centre) ; (^), double buds (one 

 blossom bud and wood bud) ; (r), basal 

 wood buds ; {s), wood buds without 

 blossom buds. 



FIG. 6. — Disbudding: (G), a bearing 

 shoot : (/), disbudded growths ; (u), 

 growth to attract sap to the fruit ; (v), 

 point of pinching to the third good leaf ; 

 (w), successional bearing shoot, not to be 

 stopped ; (x), fruit to be removed at the 

 first thinning ; (j), fruit to be rubbed off 

 at the second thinning ; (2), fruit left for 

 the crop. 



in the case of pot trees. It is not suggested that young wood 

 should be completely suppressed, as in pears, but that a 

 combination of young wood and spur pruning should be 

 adopted. Any short, stubby shoots which form should be 

 stopped at the second leaf, and they will form fruit buds at 

 the base. 



