Chap. XXIII.] 



TRAINING. 



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The greatest attention is paid to the proper and neat pinching 

 and pruning of the shoots, as shown by the following figures : — 



Proper Tttode of cutting shoot. Shoot cut too long. 



Shoot cut too lam. 



Yoking shoot of Pear pro- 

 perly pinched at about 

 four inches froTft the base. 



Shoot of Pear pinched too 

 short. 



Result of over-pinchiftg. 



Another result of cmer- Pinching of the second growth The stipulary shoots forced into 

 ,. J ■„, of the Pear. growth by the removal of the prin- 



fincmng, cipal shoot, A. 



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