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Fruit-growing in Arid Regions 



shows a Jonathan tree well headed-in, with stocky growth, 

 while Figure 38 is of a neglected tree of the same variety 

 and of the same age. These willowy limbs bear small 



FIG. 40. White Pearmain showing Type of Growth. 



leaves and an abundance of apples that rarely come up 

 to size, and the liability of such neglected trees breaking 

 down under a load of fruit is well shown in Figure 39. Fig- 

 ure 37 shows how sprouts are largely avoided by cutting to 



