GLEANINGS ON HOUTICULTUUE. 



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INSECTS AND SYRINGING. 



When the young wood-bud appears on peaches, &c., the 

 aphides will accompany it, and the mischief committed is great, 

 often before a recipe is applied, particularly to the lower parts of 

 the tree, which is the cause of so much barren wood in succes- 

 sive years. Apply tobacco-liquid as soon as the stamens and 

 pistils have performed their office, and you will not then injure 

 the ensuing crop; but if the development of the blossoms is still 

 going on, they will not endure this treatment. 



ON MR. Seymour's system. 



It is of the utmost importance to see if there be any existing 

 vacancy, or any probability of it, on the lower part of the tree; 

 a good shoot should then be trained in at full length, or short- 

 ened to a few eyes, to force out as many shoots as may seem 

 necessary, and due precaution is therefore requisite to have a 

 sufficient stock of young wood. As pruning goes on, take care 

 to have the branches re-nailed as soon as possible. 



Peach Tree, or Nectarine, traiued in Seymour's Curvilinear lucliuatiou. 



This method is most popular, and has many advantages; but 

 it w^ould be difficult, in training the peach, to carry this to any 

 extent ; the ends of the leading branches are elevated, so that 

 they may all form the same curvilinear inclination with the 

 horizon, which is of paramount importance in the training of 

 peaches and nectarines. " Commencing with the winter pruning. 



