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shoot must be trained forward in order to 

 supply the place of the shoot A, cut away. 

 The spurs upon the shoots B, B, Fig. 15. will 

 now generally be well supplied with fruitful 

 buds; they must be permitted to retain three 



Fig. 15. 



each, and next year four each, except the 

 first upon the shoot, which must at that time 

 be cut down in order to produce a new shoot 

 for training in, as were done to the shoots 

 A, A. The spurs which afterwards proceed 

 from those shoots obtained by thus cutting 

 down spurs, must have the same proportion 

 of fruitful buds left upon them at every 

 winter pruning, and also be treated in every 

 other respect as already laid down for the 

 spurs which the preceding shoots supported, 

 as Figs. 13, 14, and 15. This practice of 

 cutting back the shoot A, Fig. 15. up to the 

 spur b, must be done for the first renewal ; 

 but when a new one is desired a second 

 time, the old shoot must be cut so far back 

 as only to leave about half an inch remain- 

 ing, unless there be a growing or fruitful 



