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force out a large amount of new wood, and trees so treated 

 will make a very vigorous growth during the summer fol- 

 lowing, although they may be somewhat late in start- 

 ing. On such wood the growing period will usually 

 be continued late into the fall, and the wood will 

 not always be well matured by the time cold weather ar- 

 rives, and under such conditions the buds will not be as 

 hardy as the buds on slower growing and well matured 



The head of this tree is too high above the ground. It is 

 pruned so as to open it, and let the sunlight down into the 

 center. 



trees. But these buds have an advantage in that they are 

 slower in starting into growth in the spring and often- 

 times will escape late frosts that might otherwise damage 

 the fruit. The hardiest buds are always at the base of the 

 new wood, and especially of the well matured, plump wood 

 on the slower growing branches. 



Aside from determining the shape of the tree pruning has 



