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growing tioes allow less exposure of the fruit-bearing surface than 

 open, \vule-si:!rea<ling trees, and the fruit of the former is more diffi- 

 cult to harvest. 



The pruning of young olive trees may be briefly summarized as 

 follows : 



Fig. 13. FiiKil ^^t■lec■tioIl of framework branches. (Note distribution). 



(a) First Summer: Thin to six or seven well-selected shoots. 



(b) First \\'inter: Remove all except three or four well- 



placed branches and shorten to approx- 

 imately fifteen or eighteen inches. 



(c) Second vSummer: Keep upright shoots removed and pinch 



back shoots appearing on trunk. 



