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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



third year this operation is repeated, leav- 

 ing a pair of outwardly diverging twigs, 

 extending upward on each shoot of the 

 previous year. By the third pruning it 

 will he wise to begin to leave certain 

 small twigs which extend laterally or 

 downward as temporary fruiting branch- 

 es. These twigs should be such as not to 

 interfere with the strong-growing upright 

 branches, which are intended to form the 



nuiin fiiiuiework of the tree. At this 

 stage of the development the principal at- 

 tention is devoted to this main frame- 

 worlv of branches. Every twig which is 

 left in the tree is carefully considered as 

 a future branch. These temporary fruit- 

 ing branches form the only exception to 

 this rule. The fourth and fifth years' 

 pruning should be continued on the same 

 line, but more attention should be paid 



I'.ailk'tt Tree. 



