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branches to a bush or stake vine may be three to five 

 and each of these, as the vine grows older, may support two 

 spurs, of one season's growth, with two or three buds each, 

 from which the fruit is obtained. 



Pruning for Form. There is every inducement for 

 the exercise of skill at this work. Pruning commences 

 with the planting. All branches should spring from buds 

 that form at the same time as the roots that grow after 



Pruning for Form. 



planting out. This means close cutting back. Then we 

 train the trees to be broad at the base or at the top. The 

 former is preferable for orchard purposes. The general 

 tendency is to keep fruit trees under J2 feet in height. 



Pruning for Fruit Leaf and Fruit Buds. Young 

 fruitgrowers are often at a loss to distinguish between these 

 two kinds of buds. A young tree, for instance, to which 

 it is desired to impart more vigour is checked by cutting 

 away leaf-shoots and leaving fruit spurs. Fruit buds of 

 apples, pears, cherries, &c., are generally distinguished by 

 their rounded and obtuse form : while leaf buds are 

 more slender and sharper. Many fruit spurs are really 

 stunted shoots, originally produced from leaf buds, but 

 which, making but little growth, become fruit-bearera. 

 In the pear, and some other trees, they are never less 

 than two years old, and they often continue to lear for many 



