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summer, as at a, spur A; then it must be 

 pruned oft', as at spur C, e, e, so that the two 

 buds f, f, only remain. When there is only 

 one good fruit bud upon the stem of the spur 

 as the spur D, a, and no fruitful buds at the 

 shoot b, then all the spur must be pruned 

 away just above bud, a, as at c*. 



Great care is required in the pruning in 

 of spurs, as the fruitful buds are very brittle 

 and are easily bruised, or rubbed oft'. 



Summer Pruning. — Whatever shoots are 

 produced during summer, upon the spurs, let 

 them be pruned shorter, or be entirely cut 

 out, agreeably to the instructions already 

 given. 



Fifth Year. — Winter Pruning. — All the 

 spurs must be allowed to retain three fruit- 

 ful buds each; but as there will generally be 

 more than would be proper to keep, it will 

 be necessary to thin them, always retaining 

 the best buds. The ripest buds, (which is 

 the most to be depended on for fruitfulness,) 

 are most plump and red at the ends. If 

 such buds are situated near to the origin of 

 the spur which supports them, as spur A, 

 Fig. 4. a, a, a, they must be retained, in pre- 

 ference to similar fruitful buds that are nigher 

 the end of the spur, as b, b, when the spur 

 must be cut off at c, c. When there are no 



* Sometimes those spurs that bear fruit will not have a shoot produced, 

 but instead of it a fruitful bud, as spur E, a, it must then be pruned oft' 

 just above such a bud at b. 



