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PRUNING. 



all its future groT^^th. I have often seen a difference 

 of two years' growth in favor of summer-treated 

 trees over those whose pruning was delayed until the 

 wood ripened. 



To induce the formation of fruit-buds, summer 

 pinching is successfully resorted to. Fig. 46 exhibits 

 a twig with wood-buds at A and B, and the soft 

 summer growth beyond. If in July this is pinched 

 off or only broken to remain hanging, as in Fig. 47, 

 the small weak buds at A B will be strongly devel- 

 oped, and appear as in this last-mentioned Figure. 

 At the swelling of the buds in the next spring, these 

 will appear as shown in Fig. 48. In all these Fig- 

 ures, the shoot is represented as broken too closely 

 to the buds. 



Fig. 46. 



Fig. 47. 



Fig. 48. 



Summer pruning must not, however, be continued 



