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of these spurs, and the two shoots on each, which 

 having been several times pinched in, look like 

 Fig. 7, they must now be broken, not cut at 

 four inches. The original spurs add an inch or 

 so to the total length, but it will always be easy 

 to keep the shoots and spurs under six inches. 

 Some of the shoots may have less than the three 

 buds shown, which is of no consequence, for one 

 fruitful bud is enough on each shqpt. At the 

 completion of the pruning (see Fig. 8), when in 

 winter, the ends are finally to be cut off, not bro- 

 ken now, as in Fig. 7, where the object is different. 

 When the ends are finally cut off, as seen, then 

 nothing remains to be done, for the buds will 

 have that appearance of protuberance and round- 

 ness that they can no longer be mistaken. They 

 are to remain, therefore, on the shoots, one, two, 

 or three, but never more. 



The three leaders will shortly be completed, 

 and the wall look remarkably well. An immense 

 saving of time is gained in this way. There are 

 other irregular forms to be met with among the 

 spurs, but they cannot be entered into in so brief 

 a work as this is. I will therefore only add, that as 

 soon as a pear has been produced on a shoot, cut 

 off the pulpy part to which it held ; but only cut 

 off the extremity, otherwise the latent buds, for 

 other seasons, will be destroyed. 



