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Nos. 1 and 2. (See Sixth and Seventh Year's Summer 

 Pruning.) 



Fig. 7. 



Ninth Year. — Winter Pruning. — The spurs No. 

 1 are allowed to have four fruit buds each (as fig. 8, 

 a a a a) ; the spurs No. 1 to have two fruitful buds 

 (as h b), and the spurs No. 3 to have three (as c c c). 



Summer Pruning. — Performed as before. 



2 



Fig. 8. 



Tenth Year. — Winter Pruning. — The spurs No. 1 

 are now cut down again (as fig. 9, a, a fruitful bud, 

 and b } sl growing bud). The spurs No. 2 are pruned 

 to three fruit buds (as c c c) 9 and the spurs No. 3 

 to four fruit buds (as d d d d) . 



It will be observed that the spurs No. 1 have now 



