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SOME SPECIFIC ADVICE 



leaders. Such whips may look very crooked and 

 scrawny, but they will straighten as they grow. 

 The lines in Fig. 135 show where a grape plant 



should be pruned. The 

 top should be cut at a 

 and &, the upper roots 

 trimmed off at c and 

 d, and the main roots 

 cut in from e to /. 



"The trees may be 

 trimmed before they 

 are planted, although 

 it is generally better to 

 do it just after they 

 are set, especially if 

 'the tree is trimmed 

 after the method of 

 Fig. 131, for one can 

 then better estimate the 

 proper height, the ope- 

 ration is easier done, 

 and there is no further 

 danger of breaking off 

 plant, showing where the limbs by the han- 

 it should be pruned. dling of the tree. One 

 foot is planted firmly at 



the base of the tree, and then with one hand 

 the branch to be removed is bent upwards and 

 with the other the knife is applied to the under 

 side, and the cut is made neatly and easily (Fig. 



