. A treatise on the culture and management of fruit trees . Simmer ■To be regulated as PEAR TREE. 155 Eleventh Year. Winter Pruning.—The spurs No. L must retain four fruitful buds,as Fig. 8. a, a. The spurs No. 2. must beregulated agreeably to directions given forthe spurs No. 1. when at a similar Fig. 5. And the spurs No. 3. must becut down to the lowest fruitful or growingbud, or entirely away if required. (See spurs No. 1. or Fig. 6. spurs No. 2. whereinstructions are given for cutting away spurs.) Fig. Summer Pruning.—This must be performedagreeably
. A treatise on the culture and management of fruit trees . Simmer ■To be regulated as PEAR TREE. 155 Eleventh Year. Winter Pruning.—The spurs No. L must retain four fruitful buds,as Fig. 8. a, a. The spurs No. 2. must beregulated agreeably to directions given forthe spurs No. 1. when at a similar Fig. 5. And the spurs No. 3. must becut down to the lowest fruitful or growingbud, or entirely away if required. (See spurs No. 1. or Fig. 6. spurs No. 2. whereinstructions are given for cutting away spurs.) Fig. Summer Pruning.—This must be performedagreeably to the instructions given in the pre-vious years treatment. Twelfth Year.—If inter Pruning.—The spursNo. 1. must now be cut down to two fruitfulbuds, as Fig. 9. a, a, which will cause an em-bryo or more, as Fig. 9. b, b, either to pushthe following summer, or to swell consider-ably, so as certainly to push after the oldpart of the spur has been pruned away. Atthe next winter pruning it must be cut downto the lowest fruitful or growing bud, if therebe such situated about an inch from thebranch which supports the spur; otherwise 156 TREATMENT OF THE the spur must be cut down to about half aninch from its origin, agreeably to the instruc-tions previously given. (See Kg. 4. spursNo. 1. and A, B.) It will sometimes happen that when oneof the spurs is cut down, three or four fruit-ful buds or shoots will arise around that partwhich is left, as Fig. 9. d, d, k, k; if they arefruitful buds they must all be allowed to re-main until the next
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