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EXPLANATION OF PLATE VI. 



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An old cankery Apple-tree, headed down four 

 years ago, now bearing great plenty of fine fruit. 



a. Where it was first headed down. 



b. and c. Two wounds covered with the Com- 

 position, and now nearly filled up with sound 



wood. 



The part of the trunk below a shews the cankery 

 state of the bark ; which rough cankery bark must 

 always be pared ofi*, otherwise it will infect the 

 new. 



Fig, IL 



A branch shewing the method of keeping a 

 regular succession of bearing wood. 



d. A branch, which has done bearing, to be cut 

 at e, and which is succeeded by the branch /; when 

 that also is tired of bearing, it is to be cut at gy 

 and will be succeeded by the branch h ; and when 

 that also is worn out, it is to be cut off at i. By 

 proceeding in this manner, you will always be able 

 to keep a regular succession of fine bearing wood. 



