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on the other side of the water, not that I approve of the method, 

 but a Frenchman makes a plan on paper of just how he wants 

 a tree to grow ; he will show you just where every one of those 

 branches is to be. This system has foresight, and from this 

 point of view our systems are open to criticism. 



It is impossible to tell all about pruning in one lecture, but 

 I will first show pictures that indicate how pruning is neglected, 

 and later pictures showing how trees should be cared for. 



If I were going to buy an orchard I should not ask the owner 

 if his trees were fruitful. I would go and see the trees for 

 myself. 



We have here pictures of trees with wide-spread branches, 

 that prove that the farmer works at a disadvantage in having 

 the branches of trees grow out thirty or forty feet into the next 

 farm or up into the sky thirty or forty feet, for we can easily 

 see that it is not the best way to pick apples out of the sky. 



In planting young trees it is very important that there should 

 be a well formed head. 



