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care to cut at a wood bud; and at the time of disbud- 

 ding, leave the best situated buds, and those nearest 

 the base, for the future years bearing. (Ibid, i. 129, 

 and ii. 296.) 



Mr. Seymour's plan is a good one, and is very sys- 

 timatic. We have seen it in practice, and can vouch 

 for its being successful, but we much fear that few could 

 bestow the attention necessary at the respective periods; 

 and if once neglected through pressure of business, 

 the whole falls into confusion. Otherwise it is a most 

 ingenious mode, and becomes an ornament to a garden. 



Mr, W, Seymour s Plan, — This Mr. Seymour is 

 gardener to H. Preston, Esq., of Morely, near York, 

 and his system differs chiefly from that of his name- 

 sake in not removing the summer laterals, but train- 

 ing them in to be bearers, if not the next, the second 

 year. His directions are as follow : — 



In the spring, as soon as the young shoots have 

 grown to about an inch long, begin to disbud or 

 thumb-prune them, by taking off all the young shoots 

 where there is no blossom or fruit, except the lowest 

 one upon the bearing branch, and that at the extreme 

 point of it : this end shoot allow to grow about three 

 inches, and then stop ; and break off all the buds by 

 the fruit except four of their bottom leaves, so as to 

 make a cover for the young fruit until the time of 

 thinning, when those little spurs are to be taken away 

 with the fruit that is not wanted, and the others re- 



