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When apricot growths are in that plight they should be cut back to the shoots 

 nearest the branch, as shown by the bars, and those retained must be thinned and regu- 



Fig. 29. APRICOT SPUES AND PRUNING. 



C, natural spur of one year's growth ; D, two years' spur, to be shortened to the bar ; E, three-years-old spur ; 

 F, stopped shoot ; G and H, resulting spurs, all marked for pruning. 



lated, as on the lower side of the branch, wherein is shown a maximum of growths 

 suited to this method of culture in aged trees. 



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