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FRUIT TREES. 



By tlie time of tlie third priming, the young stem 

 has generally attained two-thirds of its entire length ; 

 it must then be inclined to an angle of 45 degrees, 

 following the line B, fig. 101 ; the same terminal shoot 

 and side branches must be pruned as the last year. If 



Fig. 102. -Cordon, Fourth Year. 



the stem had been inclined in this manner at the first, 

 the consequence would have been a growing out of 

 vigorous {gourmand) branches at the base of the stem, 

 to the injury of the terminal shoot. The new shoots 

 must be treated as usual. Figure 102 show^s the state 

 of the tree at the end of this year's vegetation. 



