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cultivated. When trees are stunted in this manner, provrded it does 

 not affect them too seriously, they usually incline to fruitfulness, though 

 rarely bearing remunerative crops. However, the pruner should be 

 possessed of sufficient knowledge concerning the matter to know that 

 trees growing under these conditions should not be Summer pruned. 

 Yet it is frequently found that they are operated upon. 



Plate 79 illustrates a tree eight years old, which for reasons already 

 Sitated, made weak growths annually, until the last one was produced. 



Plate 79. — Jonathan, eight years old, summer pruned, showing premature 

 productiou of fruit and leader development. 



For experimental purposes, this tree, while carrying a light crop of 

 fruit, was Summer pruned on 10th December, 1914, and the method of 

 treatment adopted in its case throughout, was similar to that indicated 

 in the section, Plate 81. 



By the 10th of January, 1915, short growths were produced, as a 

 result of this cutting, and on these premature blooms were formed. 

 These produced a light crop of fruit, which partly matured during the 

 Autumn, and was still sound on the tree when photographed on 15tli 



