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stem down to the horizontal line and is not good, as, irrespective of probable damage to- 

 . the bark and wood tissues, it has a tendency to encourage shoots from that part, whereby 



Fig. 12. HORIZONTAL COBDONS. (Scale : J inch 1 foot.) 



References : E, maiden tree as received from a nursery. F, the tree, root pruned, shortened, and planted 

 upright. G, maiden tree planted diagonally. H, tree in first year's training : g, shoot trained diagonally 

 in summer. /, training the end tree : h, direction of terminal shoot in summer ; i, terminal shoot depressed. 

 J, terminal tree in third yaar's training. K, tree in third year's training, showing overlapping. 



the horizontal part is impoverished. By planting at an angle of 45, or diagonally, , 

 the objectionable bend is dispensed with, and the sap flows freely in unimpaired 



