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spurs on the peach, where it is seen springing 

 from the base of the spur, and is marked E. 

 The present winter's pruning of these two shoots 

 now requires notice. Taking Figs. 1 and 2 of 

 peach spurs, A indicates the original spur; B 

 the right shoot ; C the left shoot ; D the right 

 shoot which has developed another one, and E 

 the natural fruit-spur. 



Figure 1. Here, on the spur A, the right 

 shoot has grown by successive starts (as seen 

 by the divisions) upwards. The little elbow 

 above B is that part of the shoot which was left 

 beyond the last bud pinched down to, and often 

 dries up rapidly. Two triple buds appear on 

 the second growth, which are to be carefully 

 left. They will be found in Figure 2, as deve- 

 loped into two new shoots marked there B and D. 

 But at present the shoot is to be cut back to 

 them, and failing them, to two leaf-buds for 

 wood shoots. Never cut, by any means, to single 

 flower-buds, because there should always be a 

 leaf-bud at the extremity of every part, no matter 

 where or of what strength. In a triple bud 

 the central one is a leaf-bud, and the other two 

 flower-buds, and thus it unites every necessary 

 qualification. 



The left shoot in Fig. 1 is also seen. The 

 second growth has, or may not have, its two 

 triple buds; most likely it will, because that is 

 the place to look for them, and pinching-in helps 



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