THE CULTIVATION OF PEACH AND NECTARINE TREES. 
using strong shreds, as the shoots "will become of considerable weight. I have had them reach the top 
of the wall by autumn. All the laterals they produce must he allowed to remain, and the stronger 
ones tacked to the wall to prevent their being broken by strong winds. The tree, after its season’s 
growth, will have become such as is shown at Fig. 2. Notwithstanding the size and strength of wood, 
it must be again cut back to three or four eyes, according to circumstances ; and when the shoots break 
the following spring, select the two best shoots from each branch, and such as lay well to the wall. 
F & 2 
(These two first year’s prunings are 
shown at a and b, Fig. 3). As vigo¬ 
rous shoots will, or ought, now to make 
their appearance, they will require 
extreme care in nailing, for they are 
easily broken off, and the 
loss of a branch now would - 
be of the most material 
consequence. I recommend 
tacking loosely as soon as the branch is long enough,,and to lay it close to the wall as soon after as 
possible. 
The tree will now begin to acquire the form shown at Fig. 3. Where the spring growth has 
attained six or eight inches in length, the shoots are to be topped for the first time, as shown at c. In 
stopping, bear in mind that it must be done as soon as the young branches are of the required length, 
in the very soft tissue of the points of the shoots, for if the latter are allowed to elongate, and are 
afterwards topped back in the solid wood, they will not again break freely. In this system of tr ain ing, 
this apparently simple point must never be forgotten. The shoots which now break out will be still 
more liable to break off than the first, if not carefully nailed to the wall. At this and the succeeding 
toppings, it is more than probable that more branches than are wanted will make their appearance; 
two or three more than necessary should be suffered to remain until those that are required are secured, 
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