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there is only one fruit bud upon the stem of the spur 

 (as spur J), a), and not fruitful buds at the shoot (b), 

 then all the spur is pruned away (as at c). Some- 

 times those spurs that bear fruit will not have a shoot 

 produced, but instead of it a fruitful bud (as spur E, 

 a) ; it is then pruned off just above such bud. 



Summer Pruning. — All shoots are pruned as already- 

 directed in the second and third years. 



Fifth Tear. — Winter pruning. — All the spurs are 

 allowed to retain three fruitful buds each ; but, as 

 there are generally more than is required to keep, 

 some of them are thinned away, retaining the best 

 buds. The ripest buds are most plump and red at 

 the ends. If such buds are situated near to the origin 

 of the spur (as fig 4, spur A, a a a 3 ) they are retained 

 in preference to similar fruitful buds that are nigher 



the end of the spur (as b b) 3 the spur is then cut off 



Fig. 4. 



