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insertion into the old wood, and the intermediate space is 

 covered with wood-buds. All the latter, therefore, which 



Fig. 14. 



are between the old wood a and the blossom c, in the outer 

 figure, except the lowest b, are carefully removed by 

 ebourgeonnement or disbudding. This never fails to pro- 

 duce a shoot, b, in the inner figure, the growth of which is 

 favored by destroying the useless spray above the blossoms 

 and pinching off the points of those which are necessary tc 

 perfect the fruit. A replacing shoot is thus obtained, to 

 which the whole is invariably shortened at the end of the 

 year. The branch thus- treated is called the branche de 

 reserve. 



The form a la Sieule is another modification of the Mon- 

 trueil training, for an account of which we must again refei 

 to the Horticultural Tour. This figure will give an idea 



Fig. 15. 



