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neatness is formed. It differs from the fan system of 

 training in there being no lateral growths allowed on 

 the lower sides of the leading branches. Fig. 1 7 will 

 illustrate this mode of training. "The first step in 

 starting a newly-planted maiden tree upon Seymour's 

 system, is to head the plant down to three eyes, each of 

 which eyes will produce a shoot in summer : at pruning- 



Fig. 17. 

 time head down the centre shoot of these to three eyes, 

 to produce in the following summer three more shoots 

 as before, leaving the side shoots always at full length. 

 In spring all the buds on the lower sides of these side 

 branches, and these from 9 to 12 inches asunder, are 

 rubbed off, leaving those only which proceed from the 

 upper side of the branch. When the young wood has 

 extended to the length of 5 or 6 inches it is stopped, 

 but the leading branches are not interfered with. Every 

 year will produce a side shoot on each side of the tree, 

 and the laterals that proceed from them at the distance 

 we have stated, are at first laid in between them, but 

 the following spring these are removed from the wall 

 and trained up in the main side branches. By the 

 autumn of the third year the number of laterals wiU be 



