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main trunk or leader, and one in each of the two 

 side branches. The buds are inserted in summer, 



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189. Top-budded apple tree. 



and early the next spring the limbs are cut a 

 quarter of an inch above each bud, as in A. Fig. 

 190 shows another tree in which many buds have 

 been set, all of which are growing. It shows that 

 the stubs project beyond the buds. As soon as the 



