242 PRUNING. 



Fig. 122 represents the tree complete, bearing shoots 

 and all. 



The main 

 branches should 

 be permanently 

 ,. fixed at an an- 

 |gle of 45. The 

 jj> lowest exte- 

 s rior secondary 

 S branches at 15. 

 I Some cultiva- 

 1 tors recommend 

 that the inte- 

 rior secondary 

 | branches con 

 ' verge to the cen- 

 x tre at an angle 

 ^of 45. This 

 ~ s gives them an 

 i i oblique dire.c 

 ^ tion, and places 

 I them upon a 

 I more equal foot- 

 % ing with the 

 | other parts. 

 S In training 

 | such trees, an 

 | imaginary cir- 

 J- cular line is 

 produced on the 

 wall or trellis, 

 and this is di- 

 vided off into 

 parts, corresponding to the degrees of a circle, commenc- 

 ing at the centre above, and numbering both ways to the 



