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grow for this purpose. That is, even though 

 the leader is cut off, the plant throws out a 

 new one, as we have already seen (Section 4, 

 Chapter IV.), 



It is often impossible to start the top in the 

 form in which we desire, and our ideals may 



148. The scaffold limbs. 



change from year to year, so that we may be 

 called upon to modify the form which we at first 

 projected. It will also be necessary to thin the 

 top considerably, else too many scaffold limbs 

 will arise. Fig. 148 shows a Bartlett pear tree 

 at the end of its second year in the orchard. At 

 the left, the unpruned tree is shown; and at the 

 right, all the limbs have been removed except 

 three, which it is desired shall form the frame- 

 work of the tree. When set, this tree was cut 



