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diseased branches are of course removed wherever 

 they are found. Cases requiring such treatment al- 

 ways occur even on the best trained cordons and 

 espaliers. Whenever it becomes necessary an entire 

 branch, sometimes composing half the tree, is taken 



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FIG. 27 HORIZONTAL CORDON APPLE TREES 



out. Usually such branches can be replaced without 

 great loss of time. 



After this winter or spring pruning comes the 

 summer pruning which has been outlined above. This 

 usually begins May 15-25, and continues until July 

 25-31, differing, of course, in different latitudes. 



