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THE FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE. 



with vegetables or bush fruits between the trees. In three more years the tree will be 

 in the satisfactory condition represented (Fig. 1C). It is productive, because the branches 



Fig. 1C. Low STANDARD IN BEARING. 



are thinly disposed, thus admitting the sun and air to the leaves right down to the base 

 of the branches. The stem is 4 feet high, the head, or bearing part, about the same r 

 and nearly 7 feet in diameter. 



