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cordon training, he leaves on every horizontal branch 

 an upright shoot which he calls an exhauster. This 

 shoot forms an outlet for the superfluous energy of the 



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tree; and the fruit spurs, being deprived of the 

 superabundance of the vital fluid, do not break into 

 growth. This theory wjll be found to be very sound 

 practice, and should be used wherever there is a ten- 



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