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growing out of 3, or whicli may grow out of the head, 

 should, after two leaves have formed upon them, be 

 pinched off above and beyond the two leaves. 



Upon all these shoots at the joints, little twigs or lat- 

 teral branches, marked a in Fig. 16, grow in the early 

 part of summer. 



Fta 16. 



These must all be removed by hand just above the 

 jBbrst small leaf where it is marked in the cut. The 

 leaves at the junction of the latterals with the branch 

 should be carefully preserved, however. 



This tends to ripen the branch into good sound 

 bearing wood, for if these laterals were not removed, 

 it would weaken the iatended bearing wood the next 



