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THE GARDENING WORLD 
May 9, 1908. 
Fruit Growing 
11. Nectarines and Peaches 
for Amateurs. 
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notes on Nectarines and Peaches a list 
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able for outdoor, and indoor culture. 
Both kinds of fruits are valuable. 
With good culture a young tree, trained 
against a wall, gives a return to the value 
of about one pound the second year from 
date of planting, and as the best trained 
trees for planting purposes only cost five 
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Wall Wired: A, wooden peg; B, iron 
spike with “ eye ” driven in wooden peg 
A, between courses of bricks to fasten the 
wires to. 
be realised in a short time from a wall 
about one hundred feet long and eight 
feet high if the trees are grown for 
market purposes. And for purely home 
consumption both kinds are amongst the 
fruits of highest merit. I wonder why 
they are not more generally grown by 
amateurs. I feel sure it is because they 
fear they are not equal to the demand 
made of them as regards the necessary 
treatment. 
Not long since a gentleman—an en¬ 
thusiastic amateur gardener-brought to 
me a branch of a Peach tree in full 
flower. Pie wanted a few hints as to the 
correct treatment, how to disbud, etc. It 
is during the early stages of growth each 
year that the trees go wrong through lack 
of timely attention, and then, when a 
thicket of young shoots appears in the 
summer the amateur gives up the case 
as hopeless. 
My advice is, plant healthy trees in 
suitable positions, and be diligent in their 
treatment from the time the buds expand 
Lean-to House: A, trees on back wall; B, 
trees on curved wire trellises; C, path; 
D, border. 
until the fruits mature. The general 
work required is not hard and laborious, 
but it is exacting at certain times ; but, 
then, the splendid crops of luscious 
Nectarines and Peaches warrant the close 
attention necessary at certain stages for 
their production. 
Growing the Trees on Outside Walls. 
Walls facing south, south-east, and 
south-west, are the most suitable for trees 
in the open air. The border should be 
duly prepared by excavating the soil to a 
depth of about two feet, and refilling the 
hole with clinkers or broken bricks, to 
secure drainage, and some good fibrous 
turf from an upland pasture, if possible, 
and a bushel of old mortar rubbish to 
each station for a tree. The drainage 
material should be put in to a depth of 
about nine inches, the hole measuring 
six feet long and three feet six inches 
wide. See,Fig. i. 
A firm rooting medium is essential as 
it is advisable to grow hard wood, and 
not thick unripe shoots. Therefore use 
the new compost in a rather dry state so 
that it can bo well trodden down, as if it 
was very moist treading would do harm. 
To allow for future settlement of the 
soil put in the new compost four inches 
higher than the surrounding ground level. 
Wiring the Wall. 
If wires are fixed in an upright posi¬ 
tion on the wall surface less labour will 
Lean-to House: A, trees on back wall; B, 
bush trees in front; C, path; D, border. 
be necessary each year in dealing with the 
young shoots, and the mortar between the 
joints will not be broken as would be the 
case if the shoots were nailed in position. 
First make small holes at the top of the 
wall, the bottom, and half way up, and 
drive in wooden plugs, into the plugs 
drive some galvanised iron spikes with 
eyes, and through the latter pass the 
wires and fasten them securely. The 
wires should be 7 inches apart. See 
Fig. 2. 
Planting. 
As soon as the leaves, or the greater 
part of them, have fallen off the young 
trees, plant the latter, being careful not 
to allow the roots to become very dry 
through undue exposure to the air. From 
the third week in October to the middle 
of December is a good time to plant, but 
the trees should be got in as soon as pos¬ 
sible after the first week in November if 
the condition of the soil is suitable. 
Ground Floor of House: A, border for 
back wall trees; B, ivire trellises fixed 
Straight across front border ; C, -path, 
