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Fig. 122 represents the tree complete, bearing shoots 

 and all. 



The main 

 branches should 

 be permanently 

 ^ fixed at an an- 

 |gleof45°. The 

 « lowest exte- 

 3 rior secondary 

 g branches at 1 5 '^. 

 J Some cultiva- 

 I tors recommend 



o 



that the inte- 

 '^ rior secondary 

 ■^ branches con 

 'Z verge to the cen- 

 ■S tre at an angle 



^|of 45°. This 

 " S gives them an 

 ^ i obliqne direc 

 -^ tion, and places 

 S them npon a 

 i more equal foot- 

 ^ ing with the 



1 other parts. 

 S In training 

 I such trees, an 

 £ imaginary cir- 

 f cular line is 



produced on the 

 wall or trellis, 

 and this is di- 

 vided off into 

 parts, corresponding to the degrees of a circle, commenc- 

 ing at the centre above, and numbering both ways to the 



