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back without sacrificing the fruit ; therefore the strong shoots are 

 left intact, the weaker ones cut back to induce stronger growth, and 

 any superfluous ones, especially if rising up the centre of the bush, 

 removed and made into cuttings. 



Bush fruit when grown to a good sample is looked upon as a 

 profitable crop which it is scarcely possible to overdo. But the 

 sample must be good if prices are to be good, for there is much 

 inferior fruit marketed which does not pay the expenses of gathering 

 and selling. 



