PRUNING AND RENOVATION 



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pole 6 to 12 feet long. The cutting blade works 

 within a sort of hook at the top, and is actuated 

 by a wire running down to a hand lever near the 

 base. 



Pruning saws should seldom be used in the peach 

 plantation, but in some instances they are, of course, 

 necessary. They should be light and strong, of the 

 best steel, with coarse teeth and wide "set." The 

 coarse-grained brittle character of the peach wood 

 makes the coarse saw almost indispensable. 



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