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XIV (bottom) are instructive. When planted, this tree was 

 headed back to the point where the branching begins at A. 

 The branch AB grew the first season, B being the point at 

 which it was headed back following the first year's growth in 

 the orchard. From two buds near the outer end of the branch 

 AB, there grew during the second season the limbs branching 

 from B, one of which was headed back at C during the second 

 winter. The bud at the end of the branch at C which de- 

 veloped a "leader" the third season was on the side of the 

 branch at the left as one views the picture, and as the leader 

 grew it made an angle to the left with the limb BC, and during 

 the third season the branches 3 and 4 grew, the latter being 

 rather weak and small. The third winter branch 3 was cut 

 back at D. Again one of the buds near the end of the branch 

 at D was on the left side and when from it branch 5 grew, it, 

 in turn, made an angle to the left with the limb CD. Branches 

 6 and 7 also developed from buds near the end of the limb 

 at D. The same conditions again appear at E. Thus the 

 general direction of the limb from AtoE made up of sections 

 BC, 3 and 5 was determined by the position of the buds near 

 the outer end of each section, which, in its turn, developed a 

 " leader" branch. The same may be traced in other limbs in 

 this tree. Had all the branches been cut back each season at 

 points corresponding to B, C, D, and E, so that the topmost 

 buds were on the outside of the limb, it is obvious that the 

 general effect would have been very definitely to increase the 

 spread of the top. This would have tended to produce a 

 tree similar in form to the Elberta shown in Plate XIII 

 {toy). The center has been cut out while the side branches 

 have been induced to grow nearly horizontal, thus 

 making a tree that is easy to pick, spray, and otherwise 

 manage. 



