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If so planted on a well-drained soil, and allowed to 

 grow unchecked, it would require little other pruning 

 than removing such branches as incommoded others. 

 We would remark, however, that, if an attempt be 

 made to carrj out this mode of cultivation, the soil 

 should be a fresh maiden loam, and by no means 

 deep. In the northern counties we would also elevate 

 the site of the tree a foot above the ordinary level, 

 enclosing the soil by turves or by stones. Richness 

 of soil would, in this case, never produce short-jointed 

 wood, without obtaining which all the labour bestowed 

 would be fruitless. Whatever mode of training might 

 be adopted, the shoots should be kept thinly pruned, 

 and liberally disbudded. 



WALL CULTURE. 



The Border for peach trees need not have more 

 than a foot's depth of soil, nor be wider than six feet; 

 but 18 inches deep and eight feet wide is the best 

 allowance. Whatever be the dimensions, good drain- 

 age, as urged in a previous section, is of absolute im- 

 portance. 



Mr. A. Cramb, gardener at Hey wood House, Wilt- 

 shire, is in favour of the smaller dimensions, observ- 



