PRUNING. 



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part of the stem, attracting an undue proportion of the 

 Bap, thus contracting the growth of all other parts, and 

 giving the young tree a deformed character. All such 



.B 



83 (A). FIG. 83 (B). 



.1 i. >.!(' of a young tree ; J?, the leader; a, a, vigorous shoots below 

 ic, thav .flight tvj aave been pinched. Fig-. 83, B, a branch of the pear, twice cut 

 back witn me ^aierz.1 shoots piactsd ; a. , the first section ; c, c, c, the second ; 

 4, and d, d, shifts pinched clos to iavoi the leailer, and those below thorn. 



shoots as these should be nipped early, the moment their 

 character is apparent, and thus a year's growth nearly 

 will be saved to the tree, and its proper form and propor- 

 tions be preserved. In conducting young trees for pyra- 

 mids, the constant and careful application of pinching is 



