. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Fig. 5.—Maiden Peach pi-uned to form a Pyramid. Fig. strong enough for stopping. If, as is rarely the case, all the shoots start away equally strong, this consecutive stopping of the bush trees will not be necessary, but all of them should be pinched about the end of July, to throw up the flower-buds which have formed near the base of each shoot. Cordons.—A^Tien it is desirable to form cordons, the tallest and cleanest-stemmed maidens should be selected. If ripened up to the terminal bud they may be left the full length, otherwise they may be shortened
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Fig. 5.—Maiden Peach pi-uned to form a Pyramid. Fig. strong enough for stopping. If, as is rarely the case, all the shoots start away equally strong, this consecutive stopping of the bush trees will not be necessary, but all of them should be pinched about the end of July, to throw up the flower-buds which have formed near the base of each shoot. Cordons.—A^Tien it is desirable to form cordons, the tallest and cleanest-stemmed maidens should be selected. If ripened up to the terminal bud they may be left the full length, otherwise they may be shortened back one-third of their length. As these trees are generally placed eighteen to twenty- four inches apart, and traiacd obliquely, ver- tically, or horizontally against back walls or trellises, all the side shoots should be cut in close home where a bud has been formed at the base, but as many of them form the first bud two or three inches away from the main stem, the cut must not be made below that bud, otherwise that particular break will be lost. All the buds will then break away evenly together, but all will not be of equal strength, therefore pinching must receive timely attention, as it is by judicious pinching more than by pruning that handsome trees of this and the preceding forms can be obtained. Some pinch their cordons as soon as they have made three leaves with buds at the base of each leaf, others allow them to make five or six leaves ; but if well furnished with buds, close stop- ping answers best. The experienced can tell at once when and where to pinch ; but, like the thinning of grapes, it is an art which can only be attained by observation and experience. Arrangement of the Trees.—^^Tien all the trees have been pruned, wash them with warm soap- water, also wash the pots, and see that the apertures have not been tampered with by worms, then proceed. 6.—The Pyramid formed and in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page ima
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