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wood-buds, they will become rounder and thicker like fruit- 

 buds. In autumn or winter, when the trees are leafless, the 

 operation is completed. The part of each side-shoot carrying 

 the three started buds is cut away; the remainder, with its 



Fig. S— SIdeshoot cut back to A in suminer, and to B in winter, to lorm s Iruit-tpur. 



two dormant buds, is left to form the foundation of a fruit- 

 spur. In this way something can be done to advance fruiting, 

 but pruning, as ordinarily performed, is useless for the purpose. 



