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to an inside bud. If you wish au open, spreading top, prune 



to au oitl.sidc bud of the branch. If the branches be cut 

 at an inside bud, as at A (Figure 97), the growth from the 

 upper buds will be as in Figure 98, but if the cut at an 

 outside bud, B (Figure 97), the new branches will spread 

 apart, as shown in Figure 99. To make a stem grow erect, 

 in the annual cutting back which young trees require, 



Fig. 97. Fig. 98. Fig. 99. 



Pruning to Improve Form. 



select the bud intended for a leader on opposite sides 

 each successive year, and the tree will grow upright. Se- 

 lecting it two or three years on the same side will cause 

 the trunk to incline in that direction. Symmetrical 

 growth is not only agreable to the eye, but it assists in 

 maintaining the equilibrium of vegetation, preventing 

 the sap from being drawn more to one side than the other. 

 Pruning to Renew the Growth. — When a tree has 



