Productive farming . Fig. 112.—Young peach tree, summer pruned by pinching off small shoots. winter vetch, they will gather the nitrogen for the youngtrees to use. After the cover crop or green manure is plowedunder in spring the ground is kept well harrowed until inid-svunmer (Fig. 115); then the cover crop is again sown. Oneinfluence of the fall cover crop is to check late fall groWth,especially in peach trees, and cause the seasons growth toharden up for 194 PRODUCTIVE FARMING The first year or two some orchardists grow a crop formarket between the trees. In such cases this crop s
Productive farming . Fig. 112.—Young peach tree, summer pruned by pinching off small shoots. winter vetch, they will gather the nitrogen for the youngtrees to use. After the cover crop or green manure is plowedunder in spring the ground is kept well harrowed until inid-svunmer (Fig. 115); then the cover crop is again sown. Oneinfluence of the fall cover crop is to check late fall groWth,especially in peach trees, and cause the seasons growth toharden up for 194 PRODUCTIVE FARMING The first year or two some orchardists grow a crop formarket between the trees. In such cases this crop shouldhave clean culture until July or August. Fall cultivationis not desirable, as the young shoots are more apt to winter-. FiG. 113.—^Fruit buds and spurs of four common fruit trees, apple and pear atleft, plum and cherry at right. kill if kept growing too late. For economy of space peachesare frequently used as fillers or temporary trees, in rowsbetween apple trees. The peach trees come into bearing bythe third or fourth summer and may be past their prime bythe time the apple trees are large enough to fill the spacebetween rows. The peach trees are then cut out. Where
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