TRAINING PEACHES AND NECTARINES. 531 
feet wall, be twelve feet wide, and the trees planted at twenty-four 
feet apart. Being thus placed, they will not fail to fill up the wall com- 
pletely. Where the wall is lower, of course the trees should he planted 
proportionately more distant, or the width of the border should be 
lessened in the same ratio. This will be found expedient, in order 
to allow a corresponding space for the trees to extend, equal to the 
supply of nutriment they received, which of course will be exhibited 
by their growth and extension. When this due arrangement is not 
attended to, very unnatural measures have frequently to be adopted, 
which eventually produce disease and decay. A border prepared as 
directed, and the trees jDroj^erly treated, there will be no liability to 
injury. If at any subsequent period there should be indications of 
weakness in the trees, a supply of nutriment may be readily given, 
by maimring the surface of the border. 
This surface, when completed, should slope a little from the wall, 
eight to ten inches in the width of the border will be sufficient. This 
will prevent danger from any over supply of water admitted at the 
surface. The time of planting may often have to be regulated by cir- 
cumstances, but not later than the end of February is best, as the 
buds will then not be much excited. 
Whether the trees to be planted are maiden plants (that is, one 
year old from the budding,) or trained ones, by no means plant them 
deep ; I advice not to cover the roots more than three or four inches. 
Also place them rather higher than the other part of the border, so 
as to raise a httle mound of soil. 
Finish with a clear cut any roots broken or damaged in taking 
up the trees, otherwise such jagged wounds will be liable to cause a 
production of suckers, which are always injurious. 
In planting, spread ^ne soil over the fibrous roots, and when the 
whole is filled in, give a suitable quantity of water to settle the soil 
properly about the fibres. This is very essential to a successful 
planting of the trees. A few inches deep of mulchy manure should 
then be spread over the roots, this prevents injury from either frost 
or drought, and is a practice I attend to every winter with this class 
of trees at every subsequent stage of their growth. 
Various have been the modes of training in practice, and to this 
part of the management my attention has been much directed. I am 
fully satisfied that to have them appear handsome, and uniformly fur- 
nished with fruit-bearing wood, also to retain it in every part of a 
tree, no method is equal to the old fan system. About six years 
since I had the mode practised by Mr. Seymour, of Carlton-Hall, 
near Snaith, very strongly recommended to me. I did myself the 
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