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A  Top-worked  Peach  Tree  After  Four  Season’s  Growth 
to  lie  preferred  to  small,  slender  shoots;  not 
in  fact  the  hitter  are  to  lie  avoided.  Cut  tlu-  ‘ 
on  page  *127  shows  slender,  medium  and  nbov 
strong  shoots  of  the  pen  eh.  The  one  at  the  plete 
riglit  illustrates  good  vigor,  while  the  twig  rietv 
at  the  left  is  too  slender  to  be  of  any  value,  back 
In  preparing  the  “hml  sticks”  for  use  the  four 
blades  of  all  the  leaves  should  lie  removed  A 
with  a  knife  as  soon  as  Hie  shoots  are  cut.  top-\ 
from  the  trees,  leaving  the.  petioles  or  lows 
stems  of  the  leaves  attached  at  the  bases  i 
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larger  number  occur,  those  not  needed  4. 
should  lie  pruned  or  sawed  off.  Buds  propi 
should  then  lie  inserted  in  Hie  selected  six  Th 
or  eight  shoots,  a  few  inches  above  the  peacl 
points  where  they  have  developed  from  the  c 
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