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little doubt that this system is better tban our own, and 

 perfectly suited for our wants, provided we take care to 

 protect tbe young sboots and flowers in spring, as common 

 sense directs. 



In passing along by the walls, grafting by approach may 

 be seen in operation here and there, with the object of 

 covering naked spots, strengthening shoots, and even adding 

 a young shoot to the base of an old spur that has become 

 too long. An interesting example of its utility was shown 



Summer management of the Peacli. Shoot, of Peacli without Fruit : the 



by the outer branch of a tree. It is considered very 

 desirable that the lower and outer branch of a Palmette 

 Verrier should be the strongest and highest of all, so as to 

 secure a flow of sap to the lower parts of the trees, instead 

 of allowing it to flow rapidly towards the higher parts, and 

 thus spoil all. In one case, one of the outer branches 

 was feeble and delicate, and did not seem to push much 

 more than to the bend, from whence it ought to have grown 

 strong to the top of the wall. A healthy and vigorous 



Fig. 267. 



Fig. 268. 



The shoots above the fruit are re- 

 tained and stopped, A, A removed, 

 and the two lower shoots furnish 

 the fruiting wood for the following 

 year. 



branches A, which would have been 

 retained had the shoot borne a crop, 

 become useless, and the shoot B is 

 cut at C to favour the development 

 of D, D, which will be the fruiting 

 branches of the following year. 



