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cut to a growing bud. If there be a single 

 growing bud, as Fig: 6. a, situated at the 

 place desired to prune the shoot down to, 

 always cut it off just above such a one, but 

 single growing buds will not generally be 



Fig. 6. 



a 



found so situated; when this is not the case, 

 there will almost always be a growing bud 

 betwixt two blossom buds, as b, b. But 

 always cut down to a single growing bud 

 if properly situated, in preference to one that 

 is between twin blossoms, because the groAV- 

 ing one thus situated will not always push 

 by reason of the bloom buds receiving such 

 a portion of nourishment as to render it 

 defective; but a single growing bud is cer- 

 tain to push a shoot, unless an accident 

 prevent it, in which case, prune down to 

 one of those, being careful to notice that the 

 growing bud is a sound one. Growing buds 

 whether situated singly or between twin blos- 

 som buds, are longer and flatter than bloom 

 buds. It will sometimes happen, that short 

 wood will be found to have only single and 



