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TREATMENT OF THE 



first year after being trained in, have borne 

 fruit four or five years, at which period they 

 must be cut entirely back to the first bud or 

 spur nearest to -their origin; and the new 

 shoot which afterwards pushes must be 

 trained in and pruned as the first shoot and 

 its spurs. The branch spurs which are upon 

 the shoots thus trained in, must be allowed 

 to retain all the lateral spurs there are pro- 

 duced upon them, and cut entirely away all 

 shoots that are produced on the spurs when 

 there is a sufficiency of fruit buds without 

 them. The summer pruning of all shoots 

 produced upon any part of those trained in, 

 as B, must be performed as directed before. 

 When shoots, as B, E, have been renewed 

 twice or three times, by cutting back to a bud 

 or spur as before directed, each must at the 

 next required renewal be cut entirely down to 

 an embryo. A year or two previous to cutting 

 away such a shoot, let another spur situated 

 upon the main branch, be cut down, and a 

 shoot be trained in so as to supply the place 

 of that one cut entirely away. After there 

 has been a renewal of spurs and lateral shoots 

 trained in for such a length of time, that it 

 is found expedient to have a fresh supply of 

 main branches, this may be procured pur- 

 suant to the directions given for that object 

 in the treatment of the Apple.' 



Morella Cherry. — The best methods of 

 training the Morella Cherry tree, is the ho- 



