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Fig. 3. 1, 1, and 'Fig. 4. f, f; the shoot must 

 then be cut back to Fig. 4. e. If a shoot 

 should still be destitute of fruitful buds, let 

 it remain its entire length another year, and 

 then at the next winter pruning afterwards 

 be cut back to the first fruitful bud nearest 

 to the branch which it proceeds from. All 

 the fruitful buds, as D, D, D, D, must re- 

 main upon every spur. 



Summer Pruning. — This must be performed 

 according to the instructions before given. 



Sixth Year. — All the spurs upon the first 

 year's wood must now be cut down so as 

 only to leave such a quantity of fruitful buds, 

 as represented by Fig. 5. spur A, a, a. Such 

 clusters of blooming buds upon so short a 



Fig. 5. 



stem I term lateral spurs. After they are 

 thus pruned, let the first spur nearest to the 

 origin of the branch, as spur A, if it be well 

 situated, so that it can be brought to the 

 wall without much force being used, (other- 

 wise the nearest spur that is properly situated) 

 be nailed close to the wall, and at twelve 



