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developed fruit bud (a) fruited last year on the then three-year-old wood, 

 aud also sent out the lateral which is rather long, and may be next 

 pruned at (h). Next year it will extend from that point, and fruit 

 buds will be built up between {b) and {<i). The extension may be re- 

 moved at the following pruning by cutting back into the two-year-old 

 wood to the next fruit bud below {h). For like reasons three of the 

 laterals above maybe pruned at (c, .7 and A), as indicated, and they niav 

 also be subsequently worked back as previously explained. But for the 

 sparsely supplied lateral growths along the leader, these might be re- 

 moved like (i and j), the suppression of which will enable the buds (/ and 



Plate b?>. — Five Jonathan laterals shown. Ancient aud modern methods of 



Pruning same. 



Ill) to lengthen somewhat. If cut at (//) the fruit wood on the right will 

 send out light growths from the bud (1). aud from the others between it 

 and ((/). The vertical growth may be retained for one year to insure 

 steady devlopment of the desired light laterals, when having fulfilled 

 this object, it may be removed (/) at the subsequent pruning. The alter- 

 native method of working this piece of fruit wood is to remove the two 

 upright growths, and retain the two horizontal ones. In consequence 

 of the hcrizontal growths being weak, probably this would be the better 

 method, the short«r one might be retained, and the longer cut back to 

 about half itis length. The leader, when growing at an angle of 40 



