. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. to keep pyra- mid form owingto their shynessin forming wood-buds. Many of theleading nursery-men now growand train treesspecially for potculture, and bypurchasing treestwo or three yearsold much time issaved; but they may easily be trained frommaidens by cutting them back to one stemwith five or six good buds, training the upper-most shoot for a leader, and stopping thehorizontal branches when 9 inches Ions: to Fig. 990.—Pyramid Peach. Early York. 186 THE GARDENERS ASSISTANT. strength
. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. to keep pyra- mid form owingto their shynessin forming wood-buds. Many of theleading nursery-men now growand train treesspecially for potculture, and bypurchasing treestwo or three yearsold much time issaved; but they may easily be trained frommaidens by cutting them back to one stemwith five or six good buds, training the upper-most shoot for a leader, and stopping thehorizontal branches when 9 inches Ions: to Fig. 990.—Pyramid Peach. Early York. 186 THE GARDENERS ASSISTANT. strengthen the back buds, continuing this yearlyuntil the desired size is reached. Growth maythen to a certain extent be reduced by confiningthe roots to the same pot for several seasons,. Pig. 991.—Half-staudard Peach. Alexandra Noblesse. and pruning back the young shoots each autumnto the third or fourth bud from the base. Repotting.—This should be done when theleaves turn yellow, shaking the old soil awayas much as possible without injuring the prin-cipal roots. Remove all suckers and of the young fibrous roots may be takenaway from pot trees in the autumn withoutany danger of injuring the next seasons cropof fruit. In repotting, drain thoroughly, andput a handful of soot over the crocks to keepout worms, which often do much damage in thegrowing season; Porters patent crocks arevery useful for this purpose. Care must betaken that the old ball is not replaced in thepots in a dry condition; if there is any doubtabout it soak it well in a tub of water for fifteenminutes. The soil used should consist of goodturfy loam, with the addition of one-twelfthchalk or lime-rubble broken and put througha J-inch sieve. Pot very firmly, and leavea space of inches
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