52 THE FRUIT-TREE AND SHRUB PRUNER. 



exaggerated crop as I have shown it in the illustra- 

 tion, but it is not so. Figs will bear equal to what I 

 here represent them if treated accordingly, although 

 they never show as they appear here, because the leaves 

 hide the fruit from view. The leaves are not put in 

 here, as they are not necessary, and to make the thing 

 plainer. 





