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one fruitful or growing bud, or entirely away 

 as done to those upon the first year's wood. 

 All other spurs upon every year's wood at a 

 similar age and state, must be attended to 

 agreeably to the instructions given for the 

 spurs upon the first year's wood. 



Summer Pruning. — This must be attended 

 to as done in every previous year. 



Fig. 7. 



Eight Year. — Winter Pruning. — The spurs, 

 No. 1. must have three fruit buds left upon 

 each, as Fig. 7. a, a, a, and the spurs No. 2. 

 must now be cut down. If there be a bud 

 near the bottom, it must be just above it, as 

 Fig. 6. but if no visible bud, cut it off so as 

 to leave about a quarter of an inch, as spur 

 A, Fig. 5. The spurs No. 3. will now have 

 a new fruitful bud, or a shoot, in addition to 

 that left the last winter pruning, it must now 

 be pruned as d, d, d, for the fruitful bud, and 

 as e, e, for the growing shoot. The spurs A 

 and B, Fig. 6. must now be regulated, the 

 spur A, will generally have a second good 



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