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as in the Apple, Pear, Plum, &c. Therefore 

 whenever a bud or shoot is produced near 

 to the origin of the spur, as B, f, let such be 

 encouraged by cutting away a part of the 

 spur to g. And if the general instructions 

 laid down each year for the treatment of 

 spurs, should not direct such a one to be cut 

 down at that year, the regular plan must 

 in that case be deviated from, and such bud 

 or shoot be encouraged as much as possible 

 in the manner described. 



Summer Pruning. — This must be performed 

 according to the foregoing instructions. 



Fifth Year. — Winter Pruning. — The spurs 

 must now be allowed to retain all the fruit- 

 ful buds there are upon them. If there should 

 be a sufficiency of natural fruit buds, let the 

 shoots which were shortened last summer be 

 cut entirely out, unless one has been produced 

 near to the origin of the spur, as in Fig. 3. 

 B, f, when such must be pruned so as to leave 

 another fruitful bud in addition to that. 



Summer Pruning. — This must be attended 

 to as before directed. 



Sixth Year. — Winter Pruning. — The spurs 

 must now be cut down to two clusters of 

 fruitful buds, as Fig. 4. A, a, a. I shall in 

 future designate such clusters by the term 

 lateral spurs, and the spurs upon which such 

 are situated, as A, A, branch spurs. 



If there be two good lateral spurs well si- 

 tuated upon each branch spur which is to be 



