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Fig. 4. spur A; a, growing; b, fruitful bud, 

 the spur must be cut offjust above such bud. 

 But when there is not a bud situated near 

 the bottom, the spur must be cut down so as 

 to leave about a quarter of an inch as spur 

 B, d. The spurs Nos. 2, and 3, must be al- 

 lowed to retain three fruit buds each. 



Fig. 4. 



Summer Pruning. This must be parti- 

 cularly attended to in those shoots which 

 proceed from spurs which were cut entirely 

 down as d, Fig. 4. and when they are about 

 twelve inches long let them be cut down to 

 two inches ; which may be repeated if neces- 

 sary, by cutting them off to within two inches 

 of that part of each shoot which was pro- 

 duced since last shortening. The pruning 

 in all shoots made upon the * other spurs 

 must be attended to agreeably to directions 

 already given. 



Eight Year. Winter Priming. All those 

 shoots that have been produced from the 

 spurs No. 1. which were cut down last win- 

 ter pruning, Fig. 4. d, and have a fruitful 

 bud near to the bottom of each, as Fig. 5. a, 



