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STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 
The form of the tree then, should be developed at the beginning 
of the season of 1907 and subsequent pruning should be directed to¬ 
ward retaining this shape, cutting back excessive growths and thin¬ 
ning and renewing the bearing wood. 
The pruning of tree No. 2 is much the same, except that a 
leader is being developed. Fig. 2c shows that although the top 
was cut back the same as Tree No. 1, the topmost branch is devel¬ 
oping into a vigorous central shaft. The first set of scaffold limbs 
have been formed and a second set is to be developed at a suitable 
distance above. The new growth is to be cut back the same as has 
been described. 
The tree shown in the series 3-3C is, so far, pretty much of a fail¬ 
ure. The severe heading given it in the spring of 1905 failed to make 
branches develop lower down. It would have been a better plan to 
have inserted two or three buds at suitable points around the main 
stem in June, 1905. This can probably be done next June, but the 
chance for success is not so great. Limbs can be developed by this 
means just where they are wanted, but the average person will suc¬ 
ceed better with trees which do not require such manipulation. 
Pruning Bearing Trees. —The form of the young tree 
should be well established after the third season. From this time 
on the question of pruning is simply to retain so far as possible the 
