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tices of pruning in the first part of the work. (Part I, 

 Chapter V.) No pruning should be attempted for the 

 attainment of any special purpose without having first 

 carefully studied these. 



If slender, and without side branches, as 

 they should be cut back twelve 

 to twenty inches, as at A' 

 this removes the buds that 

 would push first, and retains 

 the sap in the lower parts, 

 which will give a stout body. 

 The taller and more slender 

 the tree, and the smaller the 

 buds, the farther it becomes 

 necessary to cut back. In 

 fact, some very feeble-grow- 

 ing sorts must be cut back 

 until within a foot or less of 

 the base. During the sum- 

 mer, trees cut back in this way 

 may produce lateral shoots 

 on the greater part of their 

 length. These must not be 

 pruned off, but kept in a 

 uniform size and vigor by 

 pinching any that threaten to 

 exceed their proper bounds. 

 The shoots immediately below 

 the leader must be watched, 



as they are always inclined to and C, the cutting back for pyra- 



push too strongly. ^ s bLklor^a^or^ulrs! 



A tree thus CUt back, and Fig. 92, a young tree once cut back 

 the Side branches regulated to form trunk for a standard. 



by pinching, will, in the fall, have a stout body, and pre- 

 sent the appearance of fig. 92. Where the yearlings are 

 short and stout, and are furnished with a few lateral 



Fi 



Figs. 91 and 92. 



91, a yearling tree; to the 



