GLASS-HOUSE PRACTICE 



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ing, with the very short spurs. Some growers 

 prefer to have longer spurs, as in Fig. 329. It 



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329. Long-spur pruning. 



is generally desired to have an alternation of fruit- 

 bearing on these spurs. This is done by pinch- 

 ing the flower clusters from some of the shoots, 

 or by cutting to a strong or fruit -bearing bud 

 on one spur, and to a weak or barren bud at 

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