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two are very similar, except it is sometimes the 

 case that a tree may be in manageable shape, 

 and yet not have the young bearing wood that 

 may be desired. On the other hand a tree may 

 have an abundance of bearing wood and yet 

 be so high that it' is impossible to manage it, 

 and its crop to advantage. Again to bring into 

 manageable shape may mean the shortening in 

 of many of the branches. It may be these cuts 

 will have to be made some distance from the 

 trunk, say ten or more feet. When limbs are 

 cut off at that distance from the main body care 

 should be taken not to allow the formation of 

 too many branches at the end. These clusters 

 that are thus formed not only get very thick 

 but sometimes become too heavy for the limb 

 on which they are growing, and when loaded 

 with fruit frequently cause the breaking of the 

 scaffold limbs. To avoid this we should al- 

 ways make our shortening in cut at a branch. 

 When we undertake to remodel our trees, no 

 matter for what plirpose, we should remember 

 that changing the heads, especially the lower- 

 ing of them, by cutting out the tops carries 

 with it more or less danger and should be con- 

 sidered most thoughtfully. 



Pruning With Regard to the Location 

 AND Formation of the Flower Buds.— We 



