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back to three limbs, as may be determined by the 

 method of branching of the specimen upon the 

 left; and from the end of each of these stubs two 

 or three branches arose during the next season. 

 Now that the tree has established itself, and it is 

 no longer necessary to head -in the young growths, 

 this forking branching will not occur, and the 



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149. Raising the top. 



tree will now need comparatively little attention 

 in pruning, except, of course, that all the super- 

 fluous growth shall be removed each year. Fig. 

 149 shows the treatment of a Bartlett pear which 

 the owner had started too low. He has now taken 

 off the lower circles of limbs and has elevated the 

 top by about a foot, leaving two or three stubs 

 for the foundation of his growth for the year to 

 come. 



There is more difficulty in starting the tops of 



