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FRUIT TREES. 



By the time of the third priming, the young stem 

 has generally attained two-thirds of its entire length ; 

 it must then be inclined to an angle of 45 degrees, 

 following the line B, fig. 101 ; the same terminal shoot 

 and side branches must be pruned as the last year. If 



Fig. 102. Cordon, Fourth Year. 



the stem Lad been inclined in this manner at the first, 

 the consequence would have been a growing out of 

 vigorous (gourmand) branches at the base of the stem, 

 to the injury of the terminal shoot. The new shoots 

 must be treated as usual. Figure 102 shows the state 

 of the tree at the end of this year's vegetation. 



