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EXPLANATION OF PLATE L 



Fig. I. 



Represents an old Apricot-tree, after the laft pruning 

 in Summer, in the fourth year after heading down. The 

 lower part of the trunk is reprefented as covered with a rough 

 bark, which muft be pared off when it happens to be cankery. 



a, a, a, a. The cicatrices of the four different years' 

 heading, which fhould be performed at the time of the 

 Winter or Spring pruning. 



b 9 k, b. Forked (hoots which are laid in, in Summer, and 

 cut oft* at b in the Winter pruning, that the leading fhoots 

 may be always left without forks. 



As the fmall fhoots c, c, c, from the ftem, advance, the 

 larger forked fhoots fhould be cut out, as at d, d, d, to make 

 room for them to be trained horizontally. 



Fig. IL 



Is an old branch of an Apricot trained up according to the 

 old method, leaving above three fourths of the wall naked. 

 Such branches fhould be cut down as near to the place where 

 the tree was firfh budded as poflible, as at e 9 on purpofe to fill 

 the wall with fine new wood. 



