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removal of healthy twigs, it is easier to give some 

 positive advice as to the removal of weak and diseased 

 twigs and watersuckers. This operation is better called 

 cleaning than pruning. As a rule such twigs, as well 



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 FIG. 59. Another example of the Ecuadorian system. 



as watersuckers, should all be removed. It is true 

 that in some countries watershoots, arising from the 

 foot of the tree, are sometimes left standing. In 

 this way a tree with several stems is obtained. This 



