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PRUNING. 



appearance extremely unsightly, and precludes the 

 possibility of gathering the fruit without great dif- 



Fig. 9. 



ficulty. Fig. 9, represents two specimens of bad 

 pruning, such as are frequently seen. Fig. 10, 

 shows how they ought to 

 be trimmed, to cause a new, 

 thrifty and neat head, not 

 so high as to be above easy 

 reach, nor so low as to pre- 

 vent the cultivation of the 

 ground. 



In heading down all large 

 trees, it will be obvious that 

 Fig. 10. the broad wounds need a 



covering ; the best, is a mixture of tar and brick- 

 dust, applied hot to the fresh surface. A portion 

 of the branches should always be left to shade the 



