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PKUIONG. 



When the pyra- 

 midal shape has be- 

 come established, as 

 in Fig. 38, the prun- 

 ing is performed 

 more directly with 

 the intention of in- 

 ducing the forma- 

 tion of fruit-buds, 

 but the preservation 

 of the shape must 

 still be kej^t in view. 

 The line AB in Fig- 

 ure 38 indicates the 

 place at which the 

 branches should be 

 shortened. 



Fig. 39 is a well- 

 balanced pyramidal 

 Urbaniste, ten or 

 twelve years old. 

 The characteristic 

 growth of this vari- 

 ety may be observed 

 in its too numerous 

 branches. It can- 

 not, however, be 

 thinned to the ex- 

 tent needed by other 

 varieties without de- 

 laying its fruiting, 

 on account of its 

 great tendency to 

 wood-growth. 



Fig. sa. 



