PRUNING THE PLUM 



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they do when they are headed -in. The practice 

 of heading -in is therefore not fundamental, but 

 is to be determined by the grower's ideals, the 



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 Fig. 224. Buds on the new growth of plums. 1, domestica (Coe 

 Golden Drop), leaf -buds only. The others have lateral fruit- 

 buds : 2, Japanese (Burbank) ; 3, Japanese (Kerr) ; 4, Native 

 (Wild Goose). 



rapidity of growth, distance apart of the trees, 

 and the like. For buds and spurs, see Figs. 

 28, 29, 30, and compare Fig. 224. For trees, see 

 Figs. 120, 121, 122, 132, 166, 193. See Apricot 

 (page 310), 



