THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



If they have been well ripened, and the shoots moderately 

 strong, a light crop may be exi^ectcd of them the first year, 

 and a full crop the second after planting. 



As the shoots of the permanent trees or dwarfs advance, let 

 them be carefully laid in, and fixed to the wall or trellis, about 

 nine inches apart, and kept carefully free of insects throughout 

 the season. 



The shoots of the standards or riders may be laid in closer, 

 and of course in greater number, it not being intended that 

 they should grow so vigorously as those of the permanent trees 

 or dwarfs. In all other respects, their summer pruning, 

 training, &c., is the same as has been already laid down for 

 peach-trees fully established. 



During the whole season, the newly-planted trees should 

 be freely supplied with water at their roots, and their branches 

 and leaves should be regularly washed with the syringe or 

 garden engine, to keep the leaves clear of dust, as well as to 

 refi"esh them and suppress the red spider. This watering 

 over-head should be applied with considerable force every two 

 or three days. Upon the appearance of the gieen fly, recourse 

 must be had to fumigations of tobacco until the enemy be 

 subdued. 



It is of the utmost importance to the welfare of the trees 

 that air be regularly and freely admitted to them during the 

 early part of the summer, and after the middle of June, the 

 house should be thrown open day and night ; shutting it up, 

 however, during heavy or continued rains, which, if not at- 

 tended to, would too much saturate the borders about the 

 roots. 



These points being attended to, the trees will be in condi- 

 tion for gentle forcing the subsequent year, and will be in ex- 

 cellent order for regular forcing the third year, which forcing 

 may, if desired, commence by the latter end of January or t-he 

 first of February. 



Should the season chance to be cold, backward, or wet, it may 

 be necessary by the middle of September to shut up the newly- 

 planted peach-house, in order to facilitate the ripening of the 

 wood to the extremities of the branches, and a little fire-heat 



