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Prunning Peach Trees 
(rontimu'd from page 314) 
branch flovelojiiiicnt. jind that the 30-.»n 
imli sjiat’o was coinnioiily one in which 
there Wore a nninher of strong well-dc- 
velojicd buds which had not pnshtyl out 
into branches while the tree was in the 
imrscry. The average one-year-old peach 
irt'C shows variation of this sort. In 
iither words, there are sections of the 
trunk where strong hranche.s have de- 
veh'ped and other points where the buds 
liave formed hut have not developed into 
hranclie.s. 
XfuSKin’ Put'.xixo.—Nurserymen com¬ 
monly )irnne the side branches from the 
free.s to a height of at least 20 to 24 
inche.s, so that the 12 to 18 inch space is 
devoid of branches when the trees are 
received by the grower. This space also 
earrii-s a very few well-formed hnds 
which can jmsh into growth immediately 
after the trees are planted in the Sjiring. 
This npiiareiitly accounts for the rela¬ 
tively limited twig growth made by trees 
jiruned to 1.8-ineh trtinks when set. 
lieaeh tree is likely to make the best 
growth when there are well-develo])ed 
buds just below the point Upon the 
trunk where' the tree is cut back. Such a' 
trei‘ is able to make growth early in the | 
season when weather and soil conditions 
are' meest fjive.rahle. It is desirable, 
tlu'refeere, tef jirnne trees in such a man- 
neu- that several 'well-formed buds will 
be jivailabb' for growth just below tbe 
]»oint e(f cutting btick. If euie lias the 
fixed ideal in mind that trees should be 
<-ut tei IS-inch trunks when set it will 
be ratlier difiicnlt to obtain trees fav- 
oi-iibly budded unless special treatment 
adeejited by the nurseryman. 
Vi RY Shout vs. Medit’M Tut’xks.— 
This brings ns again to tlie point of the 
be-st length of trunk for comme‘rci:il 
eceinomv in the ctilture of the peach. As 
a matfe-r of fact the length of the trnnK 
eif a peach tree does ncet determine 
whether tlic fruit will he produced at a 
leiw or a high iioiut above the greiuud, 
unless the trunks are (>xce]>tiouiilly long, 
which is seldom practise*d at the present 
lime. The lieight of fruit jiroduction 
from the ground is determined more by 
the form of the main and secondary 
briinches and the character _ of the an¬ 
nual jiruning that is. practised. It is 
true that ivhere .several trunks start from 
the ground, the tree commonly Ix'comes 
more sjireading tluin where the branches 
are sniiported by a single trunk. How¬ 
ever, it is more diflicult to work about 
sm-h trees \vith horse t.iols, and they are 
more tr<»uhl<‘soine from which to remove 
borers, and the writer does not find such 
tri'cs any more economical to sjiray or 
to harvest fruit from thiin trees with 
trunk.s 18 to 24 or more _ inches in 
length. In fact peach varieties that 
have a wide spretiding habit of growth 
rake n)> too much siiaee when trained 
with trunks. This apidies to smdi 
v.’irieties tis (Ireenshoro, A tiddell and J. 
II. Hale in New .lersey 
Dtsappoix'I'T.xo Kksti.ts. —The iieach 
grower who <uits his frees hack to a 
height of 18 inches at the time of plant¬ 
ing with tlie idea of securing an orchard 
of trees with the main branches formed 
18 indies from the ground will not ac¬ 
tually obtain these results. Many of 
the trees will die hack from six to 12 
inches, iind the grower is tiiore^ likely to 
have the lieads of his trees formed at 
from six to 12 indies tihove the ground. 
PoouiA’ COPOUKI) I'KITT.—Experi¬ 
ments at the New .Tersey Experiment 
.''ration also show tliat jieaches produced 
within less than 3(5 indies from the 
ground lack size color and ipiiility tuid 
amount to but very little in value. ()f 
course there is an oci'asioual tree that 
may develop fini fruit upon one . or 
more twigs that are within less than 
three fec't of the ground, but this sel¬ 
dom occurs upon trees that are of full 
lii'ariiig age. A mass of small brandies 
about the trunk near the surface of the 
ground iiuike.s it difficult to remove 
borers and to keep rhe orchard free of 
weeds. 
I’RT.xi.xo E< o.xoMiCAi.i.Y.—The writ¬ 
er does not bi'lieve that there is any dif¬ 
ference in the economy of managing a 
))ca<-h ondiard whether tlie trunks of 
the trees are either six, 12, 18, 24, or 30 
indies in lenght, _ provided lliat jiroper 
jtrnning and training of the toji is jirai,- 
tised. The New .lersey Exiierinieiit Sta¬ 
tion is making rather extensive iininiiig 
exjierimeuts with iieadies and has trees 
of these tyjies in the orchard. If a 
slight difference in the length of the 
trunk is of no conseijue-c in the eco¬ 
nomy of orchard management, then ipiie 
can pruiK' tlu' nur.si'ry trees at lime of 
lilanting in such a manner as to take 
advantage of the ho.st bud devdopnii'iit 
upon the nursery tree. The writer would 
sngge.st. however, that the nursery trees 
be cut back to trunks not exceeding 3,(5 
i Indies. 
.\I)I)TH0 NAL Eesults.—C ertain other 
facts of pra<-tical importance developed 
as a result of the pruning experiments 
with nursery trees of different grades. 
Tree.s of a %-indi grade made the best 
average total growth when cut back to 
six-inch trunks when set. while trees of 
a %-iiidi grade were dejiressed in growth 
when cut back as .severely as this at 
time of planting. The peach grower 
who desires to develop an orchard of 
trees with several trunks or main 
brandies starting at the surface of the 
(Continued on page 332) 
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