10 Jan., 1917.] 



Apple C ulturt in Victoria. 



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extension would take place if the lateral were cut back in the three-year- 

 old wood at {h). Should the tree be insufficiently su,pi)lied with wood of 

 this class, however, the lateral may be cut at (r) aDout 12 inches long, 

 and worked back from that point next year, as previously explained. 



Plate 60. — Yearling leader growths, showing blossoms on uppermost buds. 



Plate 58 depicts five laterals of the class usually found on Jonathan 

 trees growing on fairly rich soil, and in the case of which annual syste- 

 matic pruning has been practised. Fig, 1 [a) is two years old. It was 

 left unpruned last year, and fruited on the terminal bud, as the fruit 



liiiill.— 2 



