ORCHARDS. 



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about two-thirds of their length, and more shoots and 

 fruit buds will, during the following summer, form on 

 these. In this way, a strong yet not too compact head 

 will be formed, and all the pruning in later years may 



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 Fig. 143. STANDARD TREE AFTER Two YEARS' GROWTH. 



Result, a healthy, well shaped and fruitful tree. 



consist of merely thinning out the branches where too 

 thick or interfering with each other, and shortening back 

 any with a tendency to take an undue lead. 



" If the trees are planted so thickly as to require pruning 

 annually to prevent undue crowding of shoots, the results, 



