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TREATMENT OF THE 



see Fig. 5. During the ensuing summer, a 

 shoot or fruitful bud will generally be pro- 

 duced from the part left. If there arise a 

 shoot upon the first spur from the origin 

 of the branch, as spur 1. a, Fig. 12, let it 

 not be shortened during summer, but be 

 carefully trained horizontally on the side of 

 the branch it proceeds from, and in the di- 

 rection to which it is naturally inclined. If 

 that part of the branch produced the first 

 year after planting, extends two feet six in- 

 ches in length from the first shoot a, nailed 

 in, another shoot must be trained in at that 

 distance from the first, as e. This shoot 

 must also be one that has proceeded from a 

 spur which was cut down, and must be train- 

 ed in on the same side of the branch that the 

 other was; a few inches more or less in the 

 distance at which they are to be apart is not 

 very material, but it is very necessary they 

 should be on the same side of the branch. 

 It will sometimes occur that a shoot for 

 training, as a, spur 1. will not be produced 

 the first season after the spur was cut down, 

 but instead of that, a natural fruit bud, as 

 spur 1. b; in this case a supply must be 

 had the second year. This may be procured 

 by cutting off the top of the fruitful bud, as 

 at c; and the shoot which arises must after- 

 wards be treated agreeably to the instructions 

 which appty to its age and condition, and 

 which are laid down in treating of the shoots, 



