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amputating large branches, is the one to he recommended for the cul~ 
tivation of those kinds of fruit; and the fan arrangement offers every 
opportunity of doing so. The only difference in the formation of this 
mode from that recommended for the Pear and Cherry is simply that 
the main branches are started from the trunk or base of the tree, 
instead of a short upright stem, which is merely intended to give the 
principal branches room to swells otherwise they are apt to be choked 
when the trees become old. 
The main leaders in stone fruit trees should not be numerous, and 
from those several sub-leaders are required well furnished with short 
fruitful shoots. 
Fig. 15 represents a Peach tree when pruned*, and is a modification 
of the common fan form, the principle of which will be more fully ex¬ 
plained when treating of pruning and general management of the trees. 
Fig. 15. 
Choose a young tree with four shoots ; shorten them to within a 
foot of the stem. Train two shoots horizontally, one to the right, the 
other to the left; the others midway between the lower shoots and the 
centre. The next season select five principal leaders from those shoots 
on each side, which will form the main branches of the tree, after 
which the smaller leaders and fruiting shoots are selected. As the tree 
progresses do not shorten the leading shoots, except by stopping in 
the summer time, that is, if the tree is growing too strong ; under 
this treatment vigorous young Peach trees will soon become fruitful, 
and if properly managed the weakest part of the tree will be at the 
top and the lower part well furnished with vigorous shoots. 
Those trees termed riders are from three to five feet high in the 
stem, and are mostly used for high walls, or for covering the upper 
part between the dwarf trees ; when trained they usually assume the 
stellar form, and are treated in the same way as dwarf trees. 
[To be continued. 
* This drawing was taken from a tree that has been planted 14 years. 
