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prunes so that a fresh young one shall succeed it in 

 the next year's cutting, so that worn out twigs are 

 never seen in ancient trees. Suckers from the roots 

 should be hoed off in growth or in winter be severed 

 with a sharp spade, and if well rooted some may be 

 reserved to make future plants. 



Some fair nuts are produced on trees lo to 12 feet 

 high, which have their spurs shortened in the same 

 way as Espalier Apples, gaining a few inches of upward 

 extension yearly at the top. It is worth consideration 

 whether existing copses and covers could not advan- 

 tageously be planted with these Nuts. The trees over 

 head need not be removed ; as in Kent, Apples, Pears 

 and Plums frequently form a dense cover over Cob 

 Nuts, and yet they produce, but naturally not so freely 

 as those in more open quarters. A Photograph of a 

 Kent Cob Nut 8 years old, summer and winter 



WinterJaspeot of Cob Nut before Pruning. 



