PRUNING PENZANCE BRIERS. 
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the head, and also to concentrate vigour on the parts retained ; g, strong 
shoots long pruned or shortened to firm, thoroughly ripened wood. 
B, three years old Penzance Brier Anne of Geierstein (A a year older) : 
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buds, and leading growths cut back to sound ripe wood ; 7, vigorous 
shoots from the base of the stem shortened to two-thirds of their length 
or to ripe wood; j. a moderately strong shoot from the stem pruned to 
six buds from its base; ’, a shoot from the stera below ground shortened 
by one-third of its length; J, three years old branches cut clean away to 
their junction with the stem, or to a young shoot there situate, as m. 
