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from the centre to the extremity of the tree. Nothing 

 can be less difficult to manage, disbudding being at- 

 tended to, and leaving the lowest bud on the wood 

 (b), to produce a shoot for the following season ; also 

 the terminal bud on the wood (5) is allowed to grow 

 a few inches before stopping it. With a little atten- 

 tion to tying, the work is finished till the winter 

 pruning, which is done by cutting out the wood 

 which produced the last crop, and tying in the young 

 w^ood for the future crop. The merits of this system 

 are the economising of organic matter in producing 

 few leading branches, and an additional amount of 

 fruit-bearing wood, with the leaves in a position fitted 

 to take the greatest amount of advantage from the 

 atmosphere and light. In proof of a vigorous consti- 

 tution, the Horticultural Society of London awarded 

 a medal to fruit gathered from this tree in 1842 and 

 1843. {Gard. Journ, 1845, 217.) 



Trai7iing on Low Walls, — Mr. W. Seymour says. 



Fig. 16. 



