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TREATMENT OF THE 



of space upon the wall, so that the new shoots 

 be trained at the distance prescribed, both 

 the shoots, Fig. 5. a, b, must be left; but 

 otherwise only the lowest one, as a, and the 

 shoot be pruned off at c. When both shoots 

 are retained, all the short shoots which had 

 fruit at their bases and which were cut down 

 to three eyes during summer, as d, Fig. 4. 

 must be cut clean away. Those shoots which 

 were about five inches, or even less in length, 

 and which had the leading shoot stopped in 

 summer, as Fig. 4. h, and the lowest one only 

 trained in for a supply, must now be cut 

 down to f, Fig. 5. Such shoots as were up- 

 wards of fourteen inches long, and which in 

 addition to the uppermost and lowest shoots 

 had another retained about the middle of it, 

 as Fig. 4. e, must have two left if there be 

 sufficient space, and be pruned off at g, Fig. 5; 

 but otherwise be cut back to h. If there be 



Fig. 5. 



