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the summer pruning of similar shoots. Also 

 all shoots which are produced upon those 

 spurs which were cut down, but were not 

 nailed to the wall, must be shortened as di- 

 rected for the general summer pruning. 



Seventh Year. Winter Pruning. The 



shoots which proceeded from those spurs cut 

 down last winter pruning, and which were 

 trained in betwixt the branches, as Fig. 6. A, 

 must remain their entire length. They will 

 now be furnished with a few fruitful buds 

 near their origin, as a, a*. The spurs which 

 did not require training in, as Fig. 5, D, D, 

 must have all fruitful buds retained, and the 

 shoots which were produced and shortened 

 last summer, must now be cut entirely out, 

 or be cut partially down, agreeably to the 

 previous directions. 



Summer Pruning. — During this summer, 

 either fruitful buds or shoots will be produced 

 upon those which were trained in last year; 

 the shoots will require to be cut down once 

 or more, to an inch and a half in length, in 

 order to cause them to form a fruitful bud or 

 two. 



Eighth Year. — Winter Pruning. — The spurs 

 upon those shoots trained in from the first 

 year's wood, must retain all the natural fruit 

 buds there are upon them; if there be a suf- 



* If more than one shoot was produced, (as described in last summer 

 pruning) cut them down to the lowest bud, as Fig. 6. b, A. 



