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from the bole of the tree, along the branch. After 

 three spurs are thus numbered, begin again, and pro- 

 ceed with No. 1, &c. (agreeably to fig 5). Every spur 

 No. I is now cut down to the lowest bud there is 

 upon it, whether it be a fruitful bud (as a), or a grow- 

 ing bud (as b). Every spur No. 2 to have three fruit 

 buds (as c c c), and every spur No. 3 to have four 

 fruit buds (as d d d d). "When a spur No. 1 is des- 

 titute of either a fruitful or a growing bud towards 

 the lower part of it, such a spur is cut down so low 

 as only to leave about half an inch remaining (as 

 fig. 5, A). There is generally an eye or embryo of 

 a bud situated near to the origin of the spur (as a, 

 spur A) ; from this a shoot or a fruitful bud is pro- 

 duced the ensuing summer, and thus a supply is ob- 

 tained for that cut away. 



Summer Pruning. — All shoots are shortened during 

 summer, as before directed. Particular care is paid 

 to the spurs No. 1, as a shoot or a fruitful bud is 

 generally produced nearer to the base of the spur that 

 was left at winter pruning, and most commonly at the 

 opposite side of the spur to it. Either a shoot or a 

 fruitful bud generally pushes from those spurs that 

 were cut entirely down (as spur A, fig. 5) ; the shoots 

 are cut down, as directed for others. 



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

 1 now generally have two fruit buds each ; they are 

 allowed to retain them (as fig. 6, a a). If, instead of 



