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dener at "Wortley, succeeded well with a bad system 

 of pruning, by shortening his shoots severely ; but his 

 garden lay extremely exposed to the winds, which are 

 beneficial in moderating the luxuriance of growth of 

 plants, and such situations are not as liable to chilly 

 damps and blights as low and more sheltered places. 

 The man who has cultivated the peach tree for some 

 time must have observed that the branches which 

 have lost their leading buds never fail to set their fruit 

 well, and often for a long time continue to swell such 

 fruit faster than branches that are crowned with luxu- 

 riant leading shoots. This may be accounted for by 

 the ascending sap being carried forward by the luxu- 

 riant growth above, and thus depriving or carrying 

 away from the fruit its natural juice ; they then wither 

 and fall off. {Gard. Mag. vi. 55.) 



In conformity with the principles we have noticed 

 as just, we have the following general rules for prun- 

 ing the peach, laid down by Mr. J. Craig, gardener 

 to G. Cholmondley, Esq., of Howsham, Yorkshire. 



If it is taken for granted that the most suitable 

 wood for producing fruit is short-jointed and stiff (say 

 from one-eighth to three-sixteenths of an inch in 

 diameter), it remains to be considered how a regular 

 supply of that wood is to be obtained, so far as prun- 

 ing, &c., may effect it, where the soil and situation 

 are not favourable for it on trees that have been some 

 time established. In this case, transplantation, where 



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