. The American fruit culturist. t would doubtless hasten the maturityof the crop; but the warm exposure would at the same time,imless the branches were purposely protected, render thecrop more liable to destruction by frost. Espalier traininghas been found to give excellent fruit, in consequence of the 47° THE PEACH. thorough pruning and full exposure adopted in the manage-ment of the trees. Figs. 624, 625, and 626 exhibit the fantraining usually adopted in espalier and wall training, in itssuccessive stages. The limits of this work do not admit fulldirections, but the following general rules
. The American fruit culturist. t would doubtless hasten the maturityof the crop; but the warm exposure would at the same time,imless the branches were purposely protected, render thecrop more liable to destruction by frost. Espalier traininghas been found to give excellent fruit, in consequence of the 47° THE PEACH. thorough pruning and full exposure adopted in the manage-ment of the trees. Figs. 624, 625, and 626 exhibit the fantraining usually adopted in espalier and wall training, in itssuccessive stages. The limits of this work do not admit fulldirections, but the following general rules may be observedas a guide and will apply to all other annual pruning of thepeach: i. The fruit being borne on the shoots of the preced-ing year, a good supply of annual bearing-shoots must bekept on all parts of the tree. 2. As the shoots, left unpruned,extend yearly in length, and become bare on the sides, it isnecessary to cut them back, in order to keep up a supply ofnew shoots from their base. 3. Rub off or cut out all the. Fig. 624, Fig. 625. Fan Training of Peach-Trees Fig, 626. shoots which spring up from the bases of shoots thus cut back,leaving only a few strong ones at regular distances, so asto admit sun and air to the leaves, which distance may beusually about six inches. RAISING PEACHES IN POTS. Peaches are raised in pots to secure uniform crops everyyear in an uncertain climate, to test new sorts, to produceearly bearing, and to obtain a supply of peaches where thegrounds are too small for planting an orchard. Two modesare adopted—one without fire heat, the crop maturing a littleearlier than in common orchards; the other, where, by theuse of fire heat, the fruit is obtained two or three monthsearlier than in open ground. Among those who have most successfully adopted the first-named mode are Ellwanger & Barry, of Rochester. has furnished the following statement of their manage-ment, written when the trees were three years of age and insuccessful bearing
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