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remove some of the fruit than to endeavor to save it all by 

 propping up the limbs. Overbearing may also weaken the 

 plant so much as to prevent all fruit bearing the following 

 season. In thinning, the effort should be made to have the 



Photograph by II. L. Hollister Laud Co. 



FIG. 164. Eome Beauty apples 

 Note that the fruit is produced from short spurs on the old wood 



fruit uniformly scattered over the tree. The inferior and 

 poorly placed specimens are of course the ones to be removed. 

 Wormy and defective fruits may often be brought down by 

 gently shaking the tree occasionally. 



