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year tree that was headed at 30 inches by the nurseryman, he does 

 so by cutting off all the branches and leaving only 18 inches of 

 the old trunk. lie has therefore taken off all the vigorous, 



Fig. 9. — Nursery tree with a poor fork. 

 The best way to treat such a tree is to cut 

 out all but one branch. 



Fro. 10. — A nursery tree that is too 

 heavy. Over-grown trees like this are not 

 as good as those of medium size. 



one-year-old buds and left nothing but dormant buds. The re- 

 sult will be that when the tree starts, instead of making a well- 

 shaped head as a one year tree would, it throws out branches 

 irregularly all the way up the trunk wherever there happens to 

 be a bud that is reasonably vigorous, and consequently one has 

 a poor, misshapen tree. 



(e) The younger tree will stand transplanting better than 

 the older one. This is probably not an important point, but age 



