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PRUNING. 



bearing parts in a healthy and productive state. Without 

 proper care they will be liable to suffer from bearing too 

 much, or from the growth of young wood on the ex- 

 tremities of young 

 branches. 



To diminish the 

 growth, and favor 

 the fruit branches, 

 the young shoots 

 must be pruned 

 shorter than before, 

 in order to turn the 

 sap more to the ben- 

 efit of the fruits, and 

 when the fruit-spurs 

 become too numer- 

 ous, so as to be too 

 near one another, 

 and produce more 

 fruit than the tree 

 can sustain with 

 safety, a portion of 

 them must be pruned 

 off. The lower-parts 

 always experience 

 this difficulty first, 

 the sap circulating 

 more slowly there 

 than in the summit. 

 Fruit -spurs of the 

 pear and apple, if 



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well managed, con- 

 tinue in a vigorous bearing state for a great many years. 

 To renew and prolong their vigor, the older parts must, 

 from time to time, be cut away, and new productions 

 created at their base to take their place. 



