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which cannot well be done after a lapse of six or seven years without giving a cheek 

 more or less prejudicial to the cropping for a year or two after the removal. It is, 

 however, usually desirable to put in temporary trees between those intended to be 

 permanent with a view to early produce and profitable employment of the space. In 

 the formation of pyramid trees a few sketches will be elucidatory. 



Fig. I. A is a maiden tree a year from the bud or graft. The term "maiden" 

 is applied to an untrained fruit tree. The first year's growth from the point of junction 



Fig. 1. FORMING PYRAMID TBEES. (Scale: inch. == 1 foot.) 



References: A, budded maiden tree : a, junction with stock ; 6, extremity ; c, stake ; d, roots ; e, heading point, 

 B, one-year-trained tree : /, leading shoot ; g, stake ; h, point of shortening leader ; t, side shoots ; bars, point of 

 shortening. C, two-years-trained tree : j, point of shortening leader ; k, blossom buds ; bars, places of pruning ; 

 cutting roots at the upright dotted lines gives severe, at I slight, check only 



with the stock (a) to its extremity (b\ has been secured to a stake (c) ; the young tree 

 is about 3 feet in height, sturdy and healthy, well furnished with roots (d). After 

 the leaves have fallen such a tree is most eligible for transplantation, and by inserting 

 the spade 9 inches from the stem, as shown by the dotted lines, it can be lifted 



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with little loss of roots. If these are kept moist whilst out of the ground, and the 

 tree is quickly, yet properly, planted, it will scarcely feel the effects of removal, but 

 will emit roots early and grow freely during the ensuing season. It is not, however, 



