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for training on low walls, take a maiden plant, and 

 treat it as described in fig. 12, p. 100, so as to pro- 

 duce a tree in this form, fig. 16, and when it has 

 grown too large for the wall, it may very easily be 

 changed in figure, in the manner of fig. 17. By 

 these means the fan, curvilinear, and horizontal style 

 will be combined ; and the gardener will be prepared, 

 in case of an accident, because any of the branches 

 produced from a a may be made leading ones. (Gard, 

 Mag, vi. 436.) 



Fig. 17. 



Summer Pruning is of far more importance than 

 that of the winter. 



In May and June, and occasionally in the succeed- 

 ing months, it is necessary to regulate the shoots of 

 the same year, and to prevent improper growths by 

 disbudding. Pinch off fore-right buds or shoots ; and 

 pinch off or cut out ill-placed, very weakly, spongy, 

 and deformed shoots, retaining a plentiful supply of 



