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FRUIT TREES. 



result will be attained by cutting at a, about three or 

 four inches from the spring of the branch. 



The flower-buds B (fig. 131) are almost always ac- 



Fig. 131. Wood-Bud and Fruit-Bud 

 of Peach. 



Fig. 132. Neglected Fruit- 

 Branch. 



companied by a wood-bud A, and also sometimes by 

 small branches without any wood-buds, unless there be 



