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t>/u ON PEACH AND NECTARINE TREES. 
./■^^J\ the PjUtumifi, or m the wjnter, season^ we pl-oceed to cutr away all 
wood wliich has produced fruit, together with all that was intended to 
p^'pduce fruit, and train down the young lateral shoot to take its place 
^(^^ production the next forthcoming season, cut to the length of from 
.twelve to twenty inches, according to the distari&e of the next lateral 
shoot on the main bi'anch. ,, 
g| JElarly 4|i the year we jnake a strong solution of soft soap, to which 
^jy,^ add from two to three pounds of flour of sulphur, and propel it 
^ppn the trees with the force of the garden engine, the. tenacious qua- 
il Jj^.^af, the soap causing the sulphur to adhere to the branches, and 
t,o th^. wallj in sufficient quantity to destroy any insects that may 
then be lodged there, together with their ovaria, which dressing is 
repeated when the trees are in bloom. . ' i r ■, 
f „, When the fruit is set the trees are wetl.enffn:iect or' syringed, both 
[jin^^lpYeys^ |ai^ tra:^sve^^ directions, with a strong decoction of to- 
bacco. When the trees become well covered with leaves we syringe 
them thoroughly with pure water, and while wet dust them with sul- 
phur by means of a puffer ; an instrument well adapted for the piu*- 
pose, e^iielling the fine particles of sulphur through a minute wire 
sieve at one end about an inch in diameter, similar to the common 
bellows propelling the atmospheric air, and which completely destroys 
the red spider, and prevents the mildew, if tlie trees^ as is commonly 
j;tfi^;:c^se,^re iiifested thexemth::^!^"^';^;!^ ^^^^'"^^ ""' ;^^^"''<^ 
It must be observed, that it is atsotutely hecessafy fo jiroi^cf'tne 
trees during the entire blooming season, throughout every night by 
woollen netting or by canvass, and also every day when the weather 
is frosty, cold and wet, or otherwise unpropitious to the tender bloom. 
We have strong hoops driven into the upjjer part of our walls at pro- 
per distances, to each of which is attached a pole by a strong staple, 
the other end being fastened in the soil, and over which is secured 
the netting or canvass, and, when once fixed, the walls are protected 
fi'om inclement weather, or readily exposed to the influence of the sun. 
In the summer management we take care to select that yomig shoot 
which is nearest to the mother l)ranch, and which generally proceeds 
J, jfrom about the base of what Mr. Harrison calls the "unsightly spur," 
f„jPid such being the case the identical spur complained of, (or the em- 
..,,|^ryo thereof, which would eventually form a spur if permitted so to 
^jjf^o) is cut away at the latter end of the year, together with the lateral 
3j[|hat has produced fruit ; having selected the young shoot it is neces- 
.,^g^p,ry, before midsummer, to tie it down in its proper place, being ra- 
,iit|}er abo\e and parallel with, the fruit-bearing branch of the present 
season ; whicli is subsequently secured by a hail and slired, as a tern- 
