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Show HORTICULTURE! OLD PEACH TREES. What Has Iteen Done with Then., Proof of What Oan He Done to Make Them Productive. It la a fact well known to many hoi tloulturnl scientists that old peaih tree may lie brought lck tn a stuii-of stuii-of vigor by severely cutting back th tnim ami thus keeping them out ol fruiting for two or three seasons II this cutting back Is done In a year when all the fruit buds have limn killed by the cold, Iho loss or tlnu is reduced b) one )esr Some varle Y Wmk . Ut'l'KCT OK I I TTIMI HACK Ul.fl I'K.M'II TltliM. 'ties of trees aro greatly Injured b) being cut back severely, but not so k the peach. Peach trees develop wood - with groat rapidity, and so quickly overcome tho uffects ot severo culling back. Mnny ot the old peach tro good crops n aril n by being cut back In our Illustration wo show Iho re stilts of cutting back as practiced nn nn old peach treo at tho Ohio expert ment station. This tree, Illustrated In the corner of our Illustration was al ready nn old tree nnd waning In vigor when the stnllon purchased tin ground on which It stands. In tho spring of !D0l It was severely cut bark tint! left The cutting back waa cffoctlvo In Starting now growths, nnd In Iho fall of tho sntno yoar It looked ns shown In thu cut. To all nppcarancos It tin renewed Us youth. |