138 
Garden Work 
Red 
May Duke 
Noble 
For Preserving, &°c. 
Morello 
Kentish 
THE PEACH 
The Peach is cultivated to a considerable extent, though 
it is rather tender, and requires the protection of a glass 
house, or at least of a wall with a southern aspect. In the 
latter position, however, the Peach is very successfully 
grown in this country. It succeeds best in a good loamy 
soil, which should be well drained. It is generally trained 
on the fan system. Fruits are formed on the young 
wood, thus necessitating the “laying in” of plenty of young 
fruiting wood, and of the “cutting out” of some of the 
older wood which is past fruiting. 
During the spring, when growth has commenced, dis- 
budding should take place, thus throwing all the strength 
into the shoots which are required, and into the fruit. It 
will also allow the light and air to get in to ripen the fruit, 
and also the wood for next season’s fruiting. All the 
young shoots which are growing straight out, and many of 
those from the under side of the branches, as well as some 
from the upper side, may be rubbed off. Some protection 
is often necessary during the period of flowering, as injury 
may be done by spring frosts. A sharp lookout must be 
kept during this season, and screens should be kept at hand 
which can easily be fixed in the event of frost appearing. 
They must, however, be taken down as soon as the frost 
disappears in the morning. 
