Pruning of Deciduous Fruit Trees. 



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spurs where too numerous. The writer has repeatedly been informed 

 that, after pruning", some pear trees never bore fruit. The statement 



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Fig. 18.— Peach, (^0 blossom bud, (Z/) leaf buds, (c) fruit spurs. 



is quite genuine. The variety may have had something- to do with it. 

 Some varieties require cross-fertilization with others which bloom 



