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correct cut for the two vertical growths near the point of 

 the leader is to prune them at their base (/). The three light 

 laterals on the three-year-old leader wood may be pruned as marked 

 (x), and subsequentlj' worked back as explained in connexion with 

 similar growths on the Jonathan. Then when the leader is cut at (A} 



Plate 64. — Yates leader, pruned and unpruned. 



it becomes a rather good type. Fig. 2 shows the same leader pruned, 

 and it is a fairly good specimen, except for the barren wood near the 

 base. But it will be understood how this barrenness may be pre- 

 vented. 



