By Mr. John Mearns. 25S 



In the pruning season, D, which had become the longest 

 branch in the previous winter, was entirely cut away from 

 the bottom, the shorter branch C, which had now become 

 the longest, was stripped of its spurs on its lower half of 

 old wood, and its upper half was left for bearing, the ex- 

 tended spur E became the lower bearing branch, and the 

 weak shoot F, (see the next figure) at the bottom, was 

 reduced to a spur, to furnish the lower wood for next year. 



