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ing, and thereby increase both their size and 

 quality. This may be best accomplished, in the 

 case of the apple, by thinning out some of the 

 small branches on the outside of the tree, es- 

 pecially is this true in the case of the Rome 

 Beauty. For when this tree attains age, it gets 

 very thick on the outside. If we would do this 

 outside thinning and leave more of the small 

 twigs and fruit spurs through the center we 

 could increase the quantity, as well as the 

 quality of our crop. In the case of the peach 

 this pruning should consist of the shortening or 

 cutting in of the previous year's growth, the 

 severity of this should be governed by the judg- 

 ment of the grower and condition of the fruit 

 buds, as described under ^Truning with Re- 

 gard to the Location and Formation of Flower 

 Buds." 



In the case of the grape, "Pruning to Pro- 

 duce Larger and Better Fruit," would mean 

 both the thinning out of the canes of the pre- 

 vious year's growth and the severe cutting back 

 of those which are left This will also be taken 

 up under the head of 'Pruning With Regard 

 to the Location and Formation of Flower 

 Buds." 



Pruning to Remove Unnecessary Parts. 



— Many of us only prune our trees with the 

 idea in mind of simply removing those parts or 



