The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . with intervals oftwelve inches between them in every case. In FIG. 9 is seen the young shoot of the plum at the win-ters pruning. The top must be shortened in, as in the apri-cot, by about one-third, keeping it to four inches long. The 252 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTUEE. pinching-in during the summer is as in the apricot. As soonas six inches long pinch back to four; the next growth (asseen in fig. 9) pinch to one inch. Pinch the others closelyin, as also seen. In the first winter cut back to fou
The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . with intervals oftwelve inches between them in every case. In FIG. 9 is seen the young shoot of the plum at the win-ters pruning. The top must be shortened in, as in the apri-cot, by about one-third, keeping it to four inches long. The 252 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTUEE. pinching-in during the summer is as in the apricot. As soonas six inches long pinch back to four; the next growth (asseen in fig. 9) pinch to one inch. Pinch the others closelyin, as also seen. In the first winter cut back to four the ensuing summer endeavor to suppress, on theshoot, the too vigorous triple buds, selecting the feeble budsfor the work in hand. Never neglect these plum spurs, orthey will develop into rank luxuriance, and become unfruitfulfor several seasons. If, therefore, a tree be perceived with luxuriant growth onit everywhere, and the extremities waving defiantly in thebreeze to the height of some three feet over the wall, whichis not unusual, then look for no fruit on any of those parts. 10. FORMATION OF FRUITFUL SPURS ON THE PLUM. SECOND WINTERS PUUNING. for two years. In fact, they must be cut out, for the spurwould become fearfully thick at the base, and compete withthe branches for the sap. Then, if cut out, how very tryingto the tree is this excision, and what ugly places appear onthe branches. Keep, then, those vigorous triple buds sup-pressed, and work with the weak ones. Riglitly managed, the spur will in a season or two looklike that at fig. 10. This shoot will be sliortoned to withinsix inches, i. c. tlie spur will be four in length, and the later-als about two more. In fig. 10 this is seen. The little lateralat the top is, say, two inches beyond its parent, and has someneat ilowcr-buds on it. Merely shorten it so as to keep it JUNE. 253 compact. The next lateral is treated on the same principles,while that below on the left hand is shortened in order to be-c
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