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Those bare lengths of cane, so often seen, so wasteful and 

 unsightly, are nearly always due to the neglect of this simple 

 precaution. 



As growth begins, it will nearly always be found that there are 



FIG. 10. A. Natural Breaks. B. Disbudded 



two or three breaks at every eye the main and the subsidiary 

 growths (see Fig. 10). The subsidiary must be rubbed off as 

 soon as the main growth proves satisfactory, but until then it is 

 well to permit one subsidiary to remain in case of accident. 

 Some of these breaks will show for fruit at the third, fourth, or 



