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and those remaining will go on improving, while if we 

 do not thin out all will be seriously injured in a very 



FIG. 53 An Old Orchard After Pruning. 



few years. Fig. 55 shows a perfect tree produced by 

 an abundance of room and heading in from the top. 



FIG. 54 An Old Orchard the Autumn After Prunine. 



Don't Cut Away all the Sprouts Inside the Tree. 



Most trees that have been pruned until the bare 

 branches stretch high in the air are making a great 

 effort to overcome the injury by throwing out numerous 

 sprouts and suckers. These should not all be cut off, 



