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TREATMENT OF THE 



it interferes, at which it must afterwards be 

 kept, by cutting it back to that part every 

 summer and winter pruning. 



Summer Pruning. — This must be attended 

 to agreeably to previous instructions. 



Eleventh Year. — Winter Pruning. — All the 

 spurs upon the shoots A, A, Fig. 14. must 

 now be allowed to retain whatever fruitful 

 buds there are upon them, as a, a, with the 

 exception of the first spur upon the shoot, 

 as b, Fig. 1 4. which must now be cut down 

 to the lowest bud, or entirely away, as 

 directed in Fig. 5. a, b, d; this is done in 

 order to obtain a new shoot. Those spurs 

 upon that part of the shoot produced the 

 second year after being trained in, as Fig. 14. 

 c, c, will generally have two or three fruit 

 buds each, they must all be retained. The 

 shoot B, Fig. 14. will now be furnished with 

 fruitful buds; these must be regulated as 

 done to those upon the shoots A, A, Fig. 11. 

 at a similar age and condition. 



Summer Pruning. — The shoot which arises 

 from the spur which was cut down as repre- 

 sented by Fig. 14. b, must not be shortened, 

 but be trained in between the branches, as 

 it will be required to supply the shoot a, 

 Fig. 11. when taken" away; all other shoots 

 must be shortened as already directed. 



Twelfth Year. — JJ interPruning.— -The shoots 

 A, A, Fig. 15. must now be cut away so far 

 back as to the origin of the shoot b, which 



