THE YOUNG PYEAMID. 



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assume a regular shape ; if not, they may be this first 

 season tied to slight stakes to make them grow in the 

 proper direction. This is best done by bringing down 

 and fastening the end of each shoot to a slight stake, 

 so that an open pyramid may be formed — for if it is 

 too close and cypress-like, enough air is not admitted 



Fig. 1. 



to the fruit. They may remain unpruned till the end 

 of August, when each shoot must be shortened to with- 

 in eight buds of the stem. This will leave the tree 

 like the preceding figure (Fig. 1), and no pruning in 

 winter will be required. 



The second season the tree will make vigorous 

 growth : the side shoots which were topped last 



