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THE APPLE. 



side of the spur opposite to it. Either a shoot or a fruitful bud generally 

 pushes from those spurs that were cut entirely down (as spur A, fig. 



359) ; the shoots are 

 cut down, as directed 

 for others. 



Seventh Year. Win- 

 ter Pruning. The 

 spurs No. 1 now ge- 

 nerally have two fruit- 

 buds each ; they are 

 allowed to retain them 

 (as fig. 360, a a). If, 

 instead of a fruitful 

 bud, a shoot pushed (as 

 b), and a fruitful bud 

 was formed at the lower 

 part of it ; the shoot is 

 fruitful bud 



formed, it is cut down, so as to leave it half an inch long (as at d). 

 The spurs No. 2 have four fruit-buds left upon each (as e e c e) ; the 

 spurs, No. 3, are now cut down, so that one fruitful bud remains (as/). 

 If a fruit-bud has been produced from the spur cut entirely away 

 (as spur A, fig. 359), it is left entire (as 360, g) ; but if a shoot, instead 



Fig. 360. 



Spur-pruning , sixth year. 

 then cut off above it (as at c) ; but if there is not a 



Spur-pruning, seventh year. 



of a fruitful bud, it is cut off just above the lowest bud, whether a fruitful 

 or a growing bud (as at ft, spur B). This treatment of such spurs cut 

 entirely down, is always pursued with similar ones in future. 



Summer Pruning. This is attended to agreeably to the foregoing 

 directions. 



Eighth Tear. Winter Pruning. The spurs, No. 1, are allowed to 

 retain three fruit buds each (as fig. 361, a a a) and the spurs, No. 2, are 

 now cut down (as b) ; the spurs No. 3, are regulated as were the spurs 

 Nos. 1 and 2. (See Sixth and Seventh Year's Summer Pruning.) 



Summer Pruning. This is performed as before directed. 



Ninth Year. Winter Pruning. The spurs, No. 1, are allowed to have 

 four fruit-buds each (as fig. 362, a a a a ) ; the spurs, No. 2, to have two 

 fruitful buds (as b />), and the spurs, No. 3, to have three (as c c c). 



