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to extend itself. At the end of the summer of the second year, there will 

 be four side shoots, and six or more laterals, as at c. In the following 

 spring, the laterals d, which had been nailed to the wall, are loosened and 

 tied to their main shoot, as at e, and the upright shoot or main leader 

 shortened to three buds, as at /, or if the tree be very vigorous, to five buds. 

 At the end of the third summer, the number of laterals will be doubled on 

 the two lower branches, as shown in fig. 290 : a new lateral having sprung 

 from the base of the one tied in, as at ^, and another from its extremity, as 

 at ^. In the pruning of the spring of the fourth year, the original laterals, 

 now of two years' growth, which had borne fniit, are cut off close to the 

 branch, and the young laterals which had sprung from their base are loosened 

 from the wall, and tied down to succeed them, as at fig. 291, i. The other 



Fig. 291. Seymour's fan-training, third stage after the winter pruning. 



laterals produced are tied in, as at k, and the upright shoots shortened, as at 

 as before. This method of pruning and training the peach, its author, 

 Mr. John Seymour, describes as truly systematical, as all the principal 



Fig. 292. Seymour^s fan-training, fifth year. 



leading shoots are trained by a line stretched from the setting on or origin 



