156 TREATMENT OF THE 



the spur must be cut down to about half an 

 inch from its origin, agreeably to the instruc- 

 tions previously given. (See Fig. 4. spurs 

 ]Vo. 1. and A, 13.) 



It will sometimes happen that when one 

 of the spurs is cut down, three or four fruit- 

 ful buds or shoots will arise around that part 

 which is left, as Fig. 9. d, d, k, k ; if they are 

 fruitful buds they must all be allowed to re- 

 main until the next winter pruning, when 

 they will generally be in the condition de- 

 scribed by cl, k. In thinning them, all must 

 be taken away except two, which two should 

 be the strongest and best matured; and if 

 they be situated at the opposite side of the 

 old spur, as c, c, they must be preferred to 

 those that are closer together, as k, k, for 

 when that is the case, they interfere and in- 

 jure each other; when those spurs which 



Fig. 9. 



remain come to have lateral spurs, as spur 

 A, e, e, one of the main spurs must be cut 

 away; g the spur to be left. 



