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shoots a, a, Fig. 1. must now be cut down so 

 as to leave four feet of the wood made last 

 summer; and the shoots b, b, must be cut off 

 opposite to where each leading shoot was 

 pruned to last year, which will be four feet 

 long; all the lateral shoots which bore fruit 

 last summer must now be cut clean away, as 

 c, c. 



During the following summer another shoot 

 must be trained up from the bottom of each 

 of the leading branches, and it must be stop- 

 ped as done to the one trained from the 

 bottom last year This shoot must be trained 

 up at the opposite side of the branch from 

 the other. The second shoot in length must 

 be permitted to grow about six feet and then 

 be stopped, by cutting off one foot from the 

 end, at which length it must be kept, and 

 the leading shoot be stopped at the top of 

 the wall. 



Fifth Year.— Winter Pruning. — The lead- 

 ing shoots must be cut off at twelve inches 



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