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PRUNING 



for pruning about three thousand peach trees four and five years 

 old, and an equal luimber of apple trees varying from one to five 

 years; and after all this pruning the shears were still in good 

 working order. 



A good knife completes the outfit for most work. A lieavj'" 

 knife, with a wdde blade and a good hook on the end of the 

 blade, is best. The one shown in Figure 64 suits the work admir- 

 ably, though a man will use a pair of shears a thousand times 



FiQ. 64. Fia. 65. 



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Fig. 65. — A good combination knife; pruning, budding and ordinary blades. 



for every time he uses a knife. The second knife shown in 

 Figure 65 is a good one, with a budding blade and an ordinary 

 blade, in addition to the pruner. Where a man. wants to do 

 various things with the knife it is probably worth having. 

 Usually, however, the workman prefers to have his blade in 

 different handles, and carry only the type of knife for which he 

 has immediate use. 



