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FRUIT AND ITS CULTIVATION. 



with a view to encouraging about six main branches to 

 develop. Any laterals which may develop shorten to about 

 three inches. In subsequent years the only pruning re- 

 quired will be the removal of branches which show a ten- 



Fig. 18. A PYRAMIDAL CHERRY TREE BEFORE PRUNING. 



The succeeding: Illustration (Fig. 19) shows the amount of winter pruning 

 required. Cherries are also grown as fan-trained, standard and cordon trees. 



dency to overlap, or to crowd the centres of the trees. If 

 a tree is predisposed to form too many laterals during the 

 first few years, it is advisable to disbud the superfluous 

 growths in early spring. (Figs. 18 and 19.) 



