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fourth year after planting, and in some cases, 

 (varying according to the richness and depth 

 of the soil, &c.) not until the fifth, sixth, or 

 seventh year: but as some are fruitful from 

 the fourth year, I shall give instructions for 

 treating such trees from that period. ( See 

 instructions for treating vigorous trees.) 



Summer Pruning. — This must be attend- 

 ed to agreeably to the instructions already 

 given. 



Fourth Year. — Winter Pruning. — All the 

 shoots which were produced and shortened 

 during last summer, must now be regulated. 

 Those that have a fruitful bud near to the 

 bottom of them, must be cut off just above 

 each, as b; some of the shoots will sometimes 

 have neither growing or fruitful buds, but 

 have several embryos round their bases, stich 

 must be cut down so as to leave about half 

 an inch remaining, as c. It will occasionally 

 happen that there will be small embryo 

 fruitful buds, but which will not arrive at a 

 mature state until the next autumn, as Fig. 

 2. d. These must be allowed to remain in 

 the state they are in, as well as all the fruit- 

 ful buds e, which are to bear the ensuing 

 summer. 



Summer Pruning. — All those spurs that 

 have fruit upon them will generally have a 

 shoot produced, which arises just underneath 

 the fruit, such must be shortened to two 

 inches in length, as well as all other similar 



