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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 1. 

 Fig. 1. 



Represents an old apricot-tree, after the last pruning in 

 summer, in the fourth year after heading down. The lower 

 part of the trunk is represented as covered with a rough bark, 

 which must be pared off when it happens to be cankery, 



(7, a. The cicatrices of the four different years' head* 

 ing, which should be performed at the time of the winter or 

 spring pruning. 



b» Forked shoots which are laid in, in summer, and 

 cut off at b in the winter pruning, that the leading shoots may 

 be always left without forks. 



As the small shoots c, c, c, from the stem, advance, the 

 larger forked shoots should be cut out, as at d^ to make 

 room for them to be trained horizontally. 



fig-. 2. 



Is an old branch of an apricot trained up according to the 

 old method, leaving above three-fourths of the wall naked. 

 Such branches should be cut down as near to the place where 

 the tree was first budded as possible, as at on purpose to fill 

 the wall with fine new wood. 



