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setting to fruit, and are not likely to be so fruitful as better 
constituted shoots properly pinched would be. 
Shoots pinched too far back, and the result in different stages of growth. 
We have seen already that 
the basal buds which grow 
slightly the second year of 
Terminal shoot cut back ¥ to 12 inches. 
pruning eventually form young 
fruit spurs. The shoots or darts 
showing in the middle of the 
Terminal shoot partially fractured. twig grow a little more; neither 
are interfered with. The shoots, 
on the other hand, towards the end of the branch grow more vigor- 
ously, and are cut back at the time of pruning, or are partially 
