GENERAL PRACTICE. SHAPING AND TRAINING. 



either broken or have to be secured with props and cord, whereas trees ought to be formed 

 sufficiently strong to carry all the first-class fruit they are able to perfect. Symmetry 

 in form with productiveness is, to a large extent, the outcome of systematic pruning. 



Fig. 45. FOBMING CUP-SHAPED TEEES. 



References : J>, maiden tree ; E and F, first pruning ; G, second pruning ; H, third pruning ; 7, tree formed ; 

 J, cup-shaped bearing tree. (For details, see text.) 



Cup Form. The inexperienced cannot be taught how to secure the ancient British 

 shape without illustrations, but with them they ought to succeed. The weak tree in D 

 (Fig. 45) is a maiden marked for cutting back to a few buds of its base. The following 



A A 2 



