. Fruits and fruit-trees of ning, third stage. depending upon the vigor of the tree. In shortening the shoot, careshould be taken to cut back to a wood-bud that will produce a shootfor the follo^ving year. Cut close to the bud, so that the wound mayheal the following season. The following year each shoot at theextremities of the leading branches should prod\ice, besides the leadingshoot, one on the upper and two on the under part, more or less, accord-ing to the vigor of the tree ; whilst each of the secondary branches shouldproduce, besides the leading shoot, one other placed near
. Fruits and fruit-trees of ning, third stage. depending upon the vigor of the tree. In shortening the shoot, careshould be taken to cut back to a wood-bud that will produce a shootfor the follo^ving year. Cut close to the bud, so that the wound mayheal the following season. The following year each shoot at theextremities of the leading branches should prod\ice, besides the leadingshoot, one on the upper and two on the under part, more or less, accord-ing to the vigor of the tree ; whilst each of the secondary branches shouldproduce, besides the leading shoot, one other placed near to the bottom;for the grand art of pruning, in all systems to which this class of trees issubjected, consists in preserving a sufficient quantity of young wood atthe bottom of the tree; and on no account must the gardener cut awayclean any shoots so placed, without well considering if they will bewanted, not only for the present but for the future good appearance ofthe tree. The quantity of young wood annually laid in must depend upon. Fan-training, complete. the vigor of the tree. It would be ridiculous to lay the same quantityinto a weakly tree as into a tree in full vigor. The gardener here mustuse his own judgment. But if any of the leading shoots manifest a dis-position to outstrip the others, a portion of young shoots must be laid in,and a greater quantity of fruit suffered to ripen on the over-vigorousbranch. At the same time a smaller quantity of fruit than usual must
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