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(t) Main branches shonld be perfectly stiff, not affected by 

 an)' vibration whatever. 



It is impossible, in a short article like this, to do full justice 

 to the system or even attempt to partly explain it in detail. A 

 few hours with me in the field will do more than can be 

 attempted here 'on paper, especially since I am willing and 

 capable of explaining everything about it. The method is 







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Fig. 



-Baronio method of pruning the lemon. ( From a sketch 

 by G. P. Hall, of San Diego.) 



shown in the accompanying illustrations, made from sketches 

 and photographs taken on the spot. 



Figs. 1, 2, and 3 represent three rather extreme cases of 

 straggling Eurekas taken immediately after the first operation. 

 With the center leader, which probably carried a top to the 

 height of about ten feet, cut out so that little if anything is left, 

 any one with a timid heart who did not know any better would 

 certainly think it impossible to get anything like a tree back 

 again, but it is astonishing how quickly an entirely new and 



