THE 
Horticultural register. 
JUNE 1st, 1832. 
PART I. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
HORTICULTURE. 
.ARTICLE I. — ON TRAINING, &c. PEACHES AND NECTARINES, 
BY J. HARRISON, 
One of the Conductors of this Magazine. 
Where a border has to be prepared for the kind of trees under con- 
sideration, the following method is what I would recommend : — 
Nature has suggested to me, and observation and experience have 
annually confirmed me in the opinion I expressed many years since, 
that if fruit tree borders are made deep, the ti'ees will scarcely 
ever prosper however excellent the compost in which they are planted 
may be. The influence of the sun, air, and rain upon the border to the 
depth which the roots penetrate, is essential to the success of the 
trees ; and when the roots are encouraged beyond this depth, it is 
proportionately inj urious. 
The beneficial effects of heat, water, and air will be experienced 
to a greater or less depth in the border, according to the natui'e of 
the soil of which it is composed; for instance, a sandy or gravelly soil 
being of an open texture, will admit their influence to a greater 
depth than a stiff loamy soil can possibly do, but neither kind are 
the most suitable for the growth of peach and nectarine trees. When 
there is the advantage to be obtained, both extremes should be 
avoided ; this may be effected by having a loamy soil of such a 
nature, that when a handful is taken up it adheres firmly together, 
but upon being allowed to fall to the ground will easily disperse. 
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