ON PRUNING FRUIT TREES AFTER PLANTING. 



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should be one on each side of the shoot, neither of which is an outside or 

 an inside bud. 



Small bush fruits, such as gooseberries and currants, may be pruned 

 in the spring after planting, because a smaller proportion of the roots are 

 destroyed in digging them up. 



Eoses may also be pruned in the spring after being planted, because 

 they are practically evergreens, and in their case roots are more or less 

 active throughout the winter, and there is no comparison between them 

 and a real deciduous tree. 



The system of pruning I have advocated in this note has been 

 practised for some years, and I have simply given some of the facts of my 

 experience and observations with the hope it will be tried by others. 



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