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The primitive branch B is cut at a, and the new fruit branch A at b, 

 order to obtain the same result. In the last figure the small 



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branch is cut at A so as to force a new fruit branch from the base. 



1. Apricot fruit branch, pruning neglected. 2. Fruit spur, year after first pruning. 



3. Other fruit spur, year after first pruning. Du BRETTIL. 



PRUNING THE CHERRY. 



The instructions given about the shaping of young trees apply 

 to the cherry. The stem should be low and headed back to 12 to 

 15 inches when planting ; the main limbs are also cut short, as the 

 tree is very subject to sunburn. To guard against this it is a good 

 practice to pinch all side shoots not necessary for the extension of 

 the tree to a pair of leaves or two ; fruit spurs will thus, in time, be 

 formed all along the lower branches, while these tufts of leaves will 

 afford to the branches protection against the sun. 



Cherry trees in general produce their fruit upon small spurs, 

 or studs, from half-an-inch to two inches in length, which proceed 

 from two, three, or four year old wood. New spurs will continue 

 to shoot out right up to the extremities of the branches ; in the 



