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Fruit-growing in Arid Regions 



erately broad and low head. Pears that grow in the tops 

 of high trees are too often scarred if not whipped off by wind 



FIG. 45. Improper Pruning of Neglected Pear Tree. 



before they are mature, and, besides, it is too expensive to 

 pick them. The shaping of the tree is determined mostly 



