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upon the fruit line. Tlie fruit line, or deck, is a vertical growth of fruit 

 limbs that will blossom and set fruit on the ends, then bend downward, 

 causing fruit spurs to come on these limbs and bear fruit. P]ach year 

 a new deck of fruit wood or limbs is developed, and as before stated, 

 this growth should only be cut when it becomes too thick. 



Figure 85 shows the same tree two years old pruned ready to begin its 

 spring growth. It is important to go over the two-year trees at least 

 twice during the year, taking out all suckers and cutting back the limbs 

 that have grown out of proportion to the other part of the tree to a 



Fig. 89.— Three-year-old lemon tree pruned 

 three times during 1915. (Original.) 



point where the growth is round and not smaller than a lead pencil; 

 larger would be better. Never cut angular wood. In some cases it will 

 be necessary to take out entire limbs if they have grown too thick, and 

 also to cut those back that have grown in the right place to add to the 

 framework of the tree. Twenty-one limbs were taken from this tree, 

 twelve being too thick, and nine were cut back for building. 



Figure 86 is a tree the same age as that in Figure 85 pruned, but 

 larger. It has more of the feathery growth and a well-defined fruiting 

 line. 



