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Plate 65 shows a block of four-year-old Yates trees. The land on 

 which they are growing is only moderately rich, but owing to perfect 

 drainage, good cultivation, and the a,ppiicatioh of a little artificial 

 manure, the trees are making strong grnwtli, Tn fact, it would a])pear 



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as if the leaders are too densely crowUecl, but in four-year-old trees, 

 and particularly on land with a rather low standard of fertility this 

 is an advantage, rather than a defect, because, at next winter pruning 

 there will be an ample supply of growths to select from in order to 



