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sap. All dry little stems and twigs must now be 

 removed. 



The nailing or fastening up is the same as the 

 first year. When summer comes the disbudding must 

 be performed, only leaving, upon each fruit-bearing 

 branch (fig. 145), the shoots which accompany one 

 fruit ; all others must be removed. Thus, in the 

 figure 145, the three shoots C C and A must be re- 

 moved; the branch B bears the two shoots which will 

 replace the fruit-branches. If one of the two shoots 

 on B does not develop itself properly, we must preserve 

 the next one nearest to the base of the primitive fruit- 

 branch. 



If any of the flower-buds preserved upon the fruit- 



Fig. 145. Disbudding, Second Year. Fig. 146. Spring Pruning, Second Year. 



branch have not produced a fertile flower, the branch 

 E must be cut at F (fig. 146), then the branch G 

 insures the success of the replacing branches. 

 The disbudding and green pruning of fruit-branches 



