REPLACING SPURS. 307 



to the two lowest buds, and grow two canes 

 from it ; if the cane next the missing bud be 

 from a base bud, so much the better. At the 

 next pruning, bend this cane down parallel with 

 the arm, and, selecting a bud over the missing 

 one, cut the cane at that point, as shown at #, 

 and tie it there -securely with bast or twine. 

 The buds e, e, e, must be rubbed off. A cane 

 wiH. grow from #, as shown by the dotted line, 

 and this is converted into a spur. The cane/ 

 will make a spur in its proper place. This arm 

 was extended from the point g, and the bud 

 there "missed," and this method was taken to 

 replace it. 



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Fig. 117. 



Another plan is seen in Fig. 117. In this 

 case, a chip is cut from the arm, as shown at C. 

 The adjoining cane is then bent down, and cut 

 off at the proper length. About one third of 

 the thickness of the cane is then shaved off, so 

 as to fit nicely the cut in the arm. It must then 



