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Show Why Some Pcnch Tieea Die Young. Many persons who pi in nrchiin fy thr will "nil lu with pench treo whlih only taut rlsht or tin rir, and then the npple trcta will hao plrntj of room after the pcuchrs como out This In an error from more than one tfimlpotnt In tho llrrst place, ixach trem nrr not ne-cesiarlly ne-cesiarlly hort-llea. Naturally Ihe thnt peirh tro n ore short llet1 The truth In thnt n rrU mitirtu nf ptath treis that tile In I inh nn kill..) l Hi. .r rtaron set forth iilmr Now that the peach si nson Is ,ominK on It will he nn iuhi tuntter for tun itrnn who In Interested ,n note the hnblt of the lwneh In lunrlnc nml to corroborate the atoe The remed, or rattier the preMtuive, of nil this trouble Is to aunuill) prune the peach tree tij both heat Hub luck nnd thlnnlnR out tho brnmhee n hrnd peach bears fruit on tho terminal branches, if allowed to grow without pruning, the weight of fruit will nlwajs be on tho joung wood of last .season's growth at the very Up of the limbs and as far in possible from Ihe trunk of the tree. In const-urn luo of tho weight behu ro far from the support, or trunk, Uio l ilmba erj frequentlj break under their burden. It tint Infrequently happens that I , the break occurs at n distance Pick from the end where Ihe llnlb branches or r.irks with a larger limb Once t roken, Iho wound IickHis to decay and Iho Insects In-sects llnd n welcome home In the rotten i part that soon develops Then the trunk becomes ntfected and the decay rapidly spreads to the root. After this II la not long before the tree succumbs and the owner Incomes a convert to the Iheorj ' Inn back Is meant cutting nwuj' abo it one-half of Ihe growth of last jejir This will cause u dense to.i to form and It then becomes necessary to thin Ihe tlilelc growth lly this method nf rpunlllg new wood Is mmu illy formed ueur tho trunk and cloao to the center of gravllj. so that n henv lonH or rr ilt tn iv lie bo-ne without tirtaklng the branches Trtated In this manner there is iverj riiiMin to expect a peach tree to continue Its usefulness use-fulness fir ut.I-Hst twniti vears. of course no .icuch - will thrive nr live long nn soil tin ult, d lo It such as In nv J elaj nnd ndolie, ur win re ttie roots or the tree rtnud In water Hut given a reasnnablj well drolneel loose soil good culllvntlon. rrcftienl fertilization, protection protec-tion from Insects nnd above all. ration il pruning, the pearh tree should bear fruit profltablv for tvventj jears |