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PRUNING 



on short spurs along the branches, but a portion of the crop is 

 also produced laterally on the one-year-old shoots. 



The pruning of the apricot should be much the same as that 

 described for the Japanese plum. The fruit spurs of the 



Fig. 96. This illustrates the results of prun- 

 ing an old prune tree. At right, an unpruned 

 branch; at left, a branch pruned two years 

 before picture was taken; in center, branch 

 pruned one year before picture was taken. 

 Pruning has resulted in new growth of wood 

 and the formation of vigorous spurs. 



apricot are shorter-lived, however, than those of plums, and 

 as a result a slightly heavier pruning should be practiced 

 with the apricot in order to keep the spur-system renewed. 



As the trees become old and especially after several heavy 

 crops have been produced, it is desirable to increase the amount 



