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the branch produced first year should ex- 

 tend three feet farther than the shoot E, but 

 which will very rarely be the case ; another 

 similar shoot must be trained in on the same 

 side, and at the distance of three feet from 

 the shoot E, as at F. 



Tenth Year. — Winter Pruning. — The spurs 

 upon that part of each shoot which were 

 produced the first year after being nailed on 

 as A, A, Fig. 13. will now have borne fruit 

 one season, they must be allowed to retain 

 all the fruitful buds there are upon them, 

 there w r ill generally be two or three, as Fig. 

 14. a, a, c, If the shoots (which pushed from 

 the spurs) that were shortened during last 

 summer, should now have a fruitful bud at 



Fig. 14. 



the bottom of them, they must be cut off just 

 above each bud, as at c, Fig. 13. If there 

 should not be a fruitful bud, let such shoots be 

 cut down to half an inch in length. If the 

 shoots A, A, should extend so as to crowd each 

 other, let the end be pruned back so far as 



