THE APRICOT. 



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It will be necessary to cut back the branch at A 

 (fig. 172), preserying a sufficient number of flower- 

 buds to force tbe sap towards the base, in order to 

 obtain new fruit-brancbes. The result of tbis operation 

 will be a new brancb, like the figures 174 and 175. In 

 tbe first case (fig. 174) tbe primitive brancb B at ^, 

 and tbe new fruit-brancb A at è, are cut in order to 

 obtain again tbe same result. On fig. 175 we suppress 

 one of tbe small brancbes at A to make a new fruit- 

 brancb spring from tbe base, and so on every year. 



