. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. [from old catalog]. taken, says: "This generally approved form begins to find imitators, and it is probable that one day it will be adopted by all intelligent ; First Year.—We will begin with a peach-tree one year from the bud, and cut it down to within six or eight inches, or three or four buds of the stock. From the buds produced below the cut, two of the strongest are chosen, one on each side to form the two main branches—branches merely ; all the other shoots are destroyed, and these two are allowed to grow upright, and in the fall
. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. [from old catalog]. taken, says: "This generally approved form begins to find imitators, and it is probable that one day it will be adopted by all intelligent ; First Year.—We will begin with a peach-tree one year from the bud, and cut it down to within six or eight inches, or three or four buds of the stock. From the buds produced below the cut, two of the strongest are chosen, one on each side to form the two main branches—branches merely ; all the other shoots are destroyed, and these two are allowed to grow upright, and in the fall they will be three to four feet high. Second Year (fig. 124).—In the spring, when hard frosts are no longer apprehended, the branches are examined to see if they be sound and healthy, free from bruises, insects, etc., and they are cut back to twelve or fif- teen inches of their base, according to their strength; a weak branch ought al- ways to be cut back in such a case as this further than a strong one. The bud cut to, should, if possible, be on the inside^ and the next bud below it on the outside ; the first to continue the main branch, and the other to form the first exterior secondary branch. All shoots starting on the front or rear of the main branch should be rubbed off, and those on the sides laid in early to prevent their acquiring too much vigor. The main branches are left until July, when they are brought down to the form of a Y, and at- tached to the wall or trellis in this j^osition. The exterior secondary branch is placed more obliquely, and the fruit branches are kept in a uniform and moderate growth by pinching and laying in. The most vigorous should always be laid in first, to check them, and favor the others. Third Year (fig. 125).—After loosening the tree from Fig. 124. SECOND YEAK. Fis. 125. THIRD Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearan
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