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CHAP. XV. 



HOW TO SUPPLY BLANK SPACES IN CORDONS. 



IT will occasionally happen that, in spite of every 

 care, blank spaces will appear on the leaders of 

 the various kinds of Cordons. These occasion 

 the only disfigurement possible in the whole 

 system, unless in the case of severe blight out of 

 doors, which calamity is common to all kinds of 

 training, and, therefore, requires a remedy, which 

 is, fortunately, simple and efficacious. Where- 

 ever, then, a whole spur has died off, or been 

 destroyed by accident, one of the shoots of the 

 spur immediately below this spot should be 

 allowed to grow to twelve or fifteen inches in 

 length. It will do so by midsummer, or at least 

 by the beginning of August, during which period 

 is the proper time for applying it to fill up the 

 vacant space. 



It is done thus. See that this shoot fit flatly 

 and neatly to the spot on which it is desirable it 

 should ultimately grow, and having marked 



