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  shows 
  the 
  neglect 
  of 
  proper 
  pruning 
  at 
  the 
  right 
  time. 
  The 
  branches 
  

   are 
  entirely 
  too 
  long 
  and 
  drooping. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  overcome 
  this 
  

   defect 
  I 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  cut 
  back 
  to 
  two-year-old 
  wood 
  and 
  force 
  the 
  

   dormant 
  buds 
  for 
  the 
  future 
  tree. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  another 
  great 
  advantage 
  in 
  the 
  proper 
  method 
  of 
  prun- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  young 
  Persian, 
  that 
  is, 
  that 
  the 
  finest 
  kind 
  of 
  bud 
  wood 
  

   becomes 
  available. 
  

  

  You 
  will 
  please 
  remember 
  that 
  in 
  pruning 
  the 
  walnut 
  we 
  are 
  not 
  

   pruning 
  for 
  color 
  as 
  with 
  other 
  fruits. 
  

  

  The 
  tree 
  should 
  be 
  as 
  round 
  headed 
  as 
  a 
  Norway 
  maple, 
  and 
  if 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  limbs 
  should 
  show 
  indications 
  of 
  weakness 
  by 
  crowding 
  

   then 
  cut 
  them 
  out 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  others 
  close 
  by. 
  

  

  