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spurs, for it is here that the Httle fruit buds cluster thickly. 

 When a branch is becoming black and feeble from age, cut 

 it back to the root, that space may be given for younger 

 growth. From six to twelve bearing stems, from three to 

 five feet high, with their shortened branches and fruit spurs, 

 may be allowed to grow from the roots, according to the 

 vigor of the plant and the space allotted to it. Usually, too 

 many suckers start in the spring. Unless the crop of young 

 wood is valuable for propagation, all except such as are 

 needed to renew the bush should be cut out as early as 

 possible, before they have injured the forming crop. In 

 England, great attention is paid to summer pruning, and 

 here much might be accomplished by it if we had, or would 

 take, the time. 



