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of sap often pushing towards the higher buds, and 

 causing the lower part to be poorly furnished. These 

 incisions, A, A, A, must be carefully performed on the 

 young branch : deep enough to penetrate the sap 

 wood, and yet not to hurt the slender rising point. But 

 the top of this shoot, instead of being cut off, has been 

 barked for some portion of its length above the bud 

 that has been selected to continue the growth of the 

 coming summer. To this the young shoot is trained, 

 and a perfectly vertical growth for what we may term 

 the pillar of the tree is thereby secured. The bark is 



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FIG. 46. 



FIG. 47. 



