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ON PEACH AND NECTARINE TREES. 
Fi2;nre 109 is the representation of a tree establisbctl on Mr. 
Seymour's system, having made its first year's wood ; the main bran- 
ches being trained slightly converging upwards (as a) to form the 
rudiments of the future tree, the centre stem being cut down to five 
eyes. 
Figure 1 10 represents the same tree after it has made the second 
years' wood, and is trained in for the next season. 
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110 
Figure 1 1 1 exhibits its appearance after the third season, with the 
lateral shoots trained in, over the main branches, as bearing wood for 
the forthcoming season, (b. b.) the main branches are always trained 
at full length, and, when the tree approaches to maturity, covers an 
expanse of wall to the extent of seventy-five feet, or upwards. 
Ill 
In the Horticulhiral Register for June 1832, page 532, Mr. 
Harrison states his objections to Mr. Seymour's system to be first, 
" that the origin of each successive shoot, from the same source, is 
each year farther from its mother branch, and not only does this be- 
come naked, but the primary part of the shoot forms a rugged pro- 
tuberance similar to the spur of a pear tree, and each successive 
year it becomes lengthened, as the origin of a suitable new shoot 
from last year's wood is produced more distant from the mother 
branch. " 
