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must be trained in on each side, and the 

 others be rubbed off. As the side shoots 

 advance, let them be regularly secured to 

 the wall, but never shortened until they have 

 extended to the length it is desired to have 

 the branches. When the upright shoot, or 

 lead, has advanced to sixteen or eighteen 

 inches in length, let the top be pinched off, 

 so as to leave it only twelve inches long. Of 

 the shoots which p'jsh after the lead being 

 stopped, the uppermost must be trained 

 straight up the wall, and the next two, one on 

 each side; all others must be rubbed off. 



Second Year. — Jf inter Pruning. — The up- 

 right shoot must now be cut down to twelve 

 inches from where it was stopped last sum- 

 mer. The practice laid down of stopping 

 the leading shoot in summer, also in pruning 

 it in winter, must be pursued until the tree 

 reaches its destined height. The tree will 

 now be in the condition described by Fig. 1. 



Summer Pruning. — If any shoots push from 



Fig. 1. 



