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growing trees. 



Promalin at the rates recommended can thin the crop the year 

 of application and prevent flower bud formation for the following 

 year. Therefore, whole tree treatments should be limited to young 

 non-bearing trees. However, a localized application on one-year- 

 old wood in either latex paint or by a directed spray may be done 

 without reducing flower bud formation on spurs. Localized appli- 

 cations would be useful to stimulate branches for a 2nd or 3rd 

 whorl of scaffold limbs or to stimulate branching on portions of 

 a limb. 



Promalin is not effective in stimulating branching on limbs 

 with blind wood. Most branching that occurs following a Promalin 

 application results from stimulation of growth of healthy spurs 

 having a large leaf area or from large buds on 1-year- old-wood. 



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