THE PEACH AS A CORDON. 



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Considering tlie time usually required to furnisli walls in 

 the ordinary way^ there can be little doubt that this mode 

 of training the Peach is a real improvement^ where a con- 

 siderable number of varieties are required from a small 

 space. Apart from that^ however^ the facility and simplicity 

 with which walls may be covered by this method^ and the 

 readiness with which a diseased or otherwise objectionable 

 tree may be replaced, will doubtless prove a sufficient recom- 

 mendation for cultivators who are not restricted as to space. 



Fig. 166. Fia. 167. 



Young Peach Tree trained as an Ob- 

 lique Cordon, 1st year. A shows 

 the first pruning. 



Peach Tree trained as an Oblique 

 Cordon. 2nd year's pruning. The 

 leading shoot is cut at A, and the 

 side shoots at the cross-marks. 



It should, however, be borne in mind that on very good 

 soils where the Peach grows very vigorously, it will not 

 suit so well as on poor ones where it grows slowly, and that 

 medium-sized forms may be adopted for the Peach as well 

 as for the Pear. The following is a description of the mode 

 of forming it after M. Lepere : — ■ 



