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that when carried out faithfully, will prac¬ 
tically eliminate our grove pests. 
PRUNING 
There is not a great deal to be said 
about pruning as related to fruit quality. 
However, by keeping our trees in a good 
healthy condition, and by pruning out so 
far as is practicable all of the dead branch¬ 
es and twigs, we reduce greatly our source 
of infection and consequently will have 
less melanose. 
