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Bigarreau, Guigne, and Heart varieties in the freer growers almost sterile as close pinched 

 bushes and spur-pruned against walls, whilst trees of the same varieties in orchards 

 are borne down by their weight of fruit. Those, therefore, that do not produce large 

 fruit freely on the spur system should be treated as advised for the Morello, making 

 allowance for the increased 

 size of growth and foliage. 



The fruit of Morellos 

 being produced on young 

 wood, the summer growths 

 ought to be thinly disposed 

 but not shortened. A suc- 

 cession of such young wood 

 must be maintained, and 

 whilst some shoots are 

 bearing others should be 

 trained in to replace them, 

 for at the end of the year 

 the bearing part must be 

 cut away. 



The most advantageous 

 method of training the 

 Morello Cherry is the fan, 

 originating the principal 



branches as described under Mg ' 45 ' T - SB^AK-TB^ MOBELLO CHBBET. 



References : m, leader marked for pruning ; n, side shoot not shortened. 



ApriCOt modified Ian, ^ extension branches bearing fruit on previous year's growth ; o, leaders of 

 but the growths must be extension branches ; p, side shoot from end of preceding year's wood ; q, side 



shoots from base of previous year's growth ; r, side shoot of previous year 



treated in the manner shown bearing fruit ; s, successional shoot from base of current bearing shoot, to fruit 

 ,, . -,-,. ,- the following year. M, leafless sub-branch ; t, extension shoot ; u, side shoots 



in the engraving, Fig. 45, , . , . , , . , , , , . , , . 



bid-IB near end of previous year s wood for following year a bearing ; v, basal 



in which is shown an shoot for future year's bearing ; w, side shoot, fruited, cut away ; <c, shoot to 



, supplant that cut away after bearing. The dotted lines indicate growths in 



eligible method of training tne f ourth year of training. The numerals refer to the years of pruning. 



the Morello. 



The procedure named must be continued until the tree occupies its allotted space, 

 then all the growths from the main and sub-branches will need to be treated as biennials, 

 as before described. This, however, may not be pursued indefinitely, for some of the 



