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have their points removed. Should any secondary shoots 

 develop from these, shorten them to one leaf. All other 

 shoots that develop from the side branches shorten to 

 four leaves. Any subsequent growths that form should 

 be shortened to one leaf. In September any growth* 

 made since the July pruning should, In the case of laterals, 



Fig. 11. APPLE SHOOTS. 



The right-hand shoot is one year old and furnished with wood buds. 

 That on the left is two years old and bearing: fruit spurs. 



be shortened to six leaves, and leading shoots to about 

 a foot. By summer pruning thus, trees are encouraged 

 to make fruit buds freely, and to form better specimens 

 than if left unpruned. 



Summer pruning should be done a little at a time, not all 

 at once. It is a very great mistake to remove a lot of 

 foliage at one time. We have already intimated that 

 standards do not require summer pruning, except in the 

 first year or two, and the same remarks apply to half 



