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neglected. In applying water to the borders, be 

 careful to give, not surface-waterings, but, on the 

 contrary, sufficient to moisten the whole body of 

 soil and roots. 



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FIG. 15. BEARING SHOOT WITH BUDS, a b C, REMOVED OR 

 "DISBUDDED." 



DISBUDDING. 



Those engaged in this simple though important 

 work should, as in other cultural operations, have a 



