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part of the stem, attracting an undue proportion of the 

 sap, thus contracting the growth of all other parts, and 

 giving the young tree a deformed character. All such 



Fifi. 83 (B). 



Fig. 83, A, head of a young tree ; B, the leader; n, a, vigorous shoots below 

 it, that ought to have been pinched. Fi«r. 83, B, a brunch of the pear, twice cut 

 back with the lateral shoots pinched ; a. a, the first section ; c, c, c, the second ; 

 b, and d,d, shoots pinched close to favor the leiiiler, and those below thorn. 



shoots as these should be nipped early, the moment their 

 character is a2:)parent, and thus a year's growth nearly 

 will be saved to the tree, and its proper form and propor- 

 tions be preserved. In conducting young trees for pjTa- 

 mids, the constant and careful application of pinching is 



