SU]yiMER PINCHING. 



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SO late in the season as to induce an imripened growth. 

 When several small shoots have formed from the 

 upper buds after pinching, they should be removed 

 in the subsequent spring, as they would tend to form 

 a tuft of branches on the end of the shoot. 



The treatment of fruit-spurs upon bearing trees 

 forms no unimportant part of their management. Tlie 

 excrescence remaining at the base of the stem of a 

 fruit of the Duchesse d'Angouleme is shown at Fig. 49. 

 When this is cut at A, the small buds appearing at the 

 base are develo2)ed in another year into the condition 

 represented by Fig. 50. These fruit-spurs will now, 

 if not displaced or crushed in gathering the fruit, 

 become permanent, and afford a security for fruitful- 

 ness in the tree. Fig. 51 exhibits a cluster of fruit- 

 buds on a spur, that has borne several times. 



Fig. 49. 



Fig. 50. 



Fig. 51. 



Tlie rules for summer pruning and pinching may be 

 condensed as follows. 



1. To develop wood-buds on the lower part of the 

 tree, prune all the branches closely in spring, and 

 pinch tlie upper shoots during summer. If the upper 



