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stantly nipped in. Thus an abundance of Greengage 

 Plums may be bad of the finest quality. The winter 

 pruning consists in merely going over the trees with a 

 keen-edged trimming knife, and neatly cutting the 

 wood shoots close down to one bud, so as to keep a 

 compact spur as nearly as possible. 



