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upright shoot shortened to three buds (/), as before. 

 At the end of the third summer the laterals will be 

 doubled on the old wood, by one having sprung from 

 the base of the shoot tied in fig. 13 {g), and another 

 from its extremity (A) . In the pruning of the follow- 



Fig. 13. 



ing spring, the laterals of two years' growth, which 

 had borne fruit, are cut off close, and the young late- 



Fig. 14. 



rals which had sprung from their base (i), fig. 1 4, are 

 loosened from the wall, and tied down to succeed 

 them ; the other laterals {k) are tied in, and the up- 

 right shoots shortened (1) as before. 



Now, or before, the side shoots will have to be 

 headed down once, or even twice, so as to increase 

 their number, and regularly cover the wall. The ex- 

 tent to which this practice is carried, will depend on 



