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Figure 39. A three-year-old Japanese plum tree in which one side of the tree has 

 decidedly outgrown the other, making it rather difQcult to handle. Another prun- 

 ing, a year later, will be required to restore balance. Note that the branch on the 

 right was cut back to a point near the base of the last season's growth, a practice that 

 is seldom justified. 



