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FRUIT SPURS 



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This rule applies to all branches, but not to 

 tlie centre of the tree. 



In diagram Xo. 2 it 

 ^vill be noticed that the 

 tree has made no strong 

 shoots. The whole of 

 the growth is composed 

 of fruit spurs, hence the 

 necessity of showing the 

 two different methods of 

 treatment. 



As nature has pro- 

 vided the fruit spurs, 

 there will be no cause 

 to resort to artificial 

 means for producing 

 them. In the case of a 

 cherry or of a plum, 

 each bud will contain 

 both blossom and lea\es. 

 The only pruning neces- 

 sary in this case is where 

 one shoot becomes much 

 longer than the other, 

 and causes the tree to 

 present an unsightly ap- 

 pearance. In these cir- 

 cumstances the offending shoot can be pruned 



CHERRY AND PTAM (2). 



