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they will make, at the same time, laterals, which 

 must be pinched in rather closely at first. Pyra- 

 midal apricots inpots look very pretty. They are 

 easily grown by continual close summer pinching* 

 in to five or six leaves. The leader, if kept under 

 by several shortenings in, will produce fresh 

 shoots along it. These pyramidal apricots are 

 much recommended by the great authority of 

 Mr. Rivers, and they certainly can be placed 

 very near to each other, say about two feet. If 

 planted in borders they require annual lifting 

 and replanting, and, of course, not so much water. 

 Apricot trees, trained spirally as half standards, ' 

 are very pretty and prolific. In some cases this 

 is necessary, in order to get the fruit near the 

 glass. 



