. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. W€"— " In the next summer, the three top buds are to be trained one on each side, perfectly horizontal, and the mid- dle one upright; should the centre this season grow vigorously, and advance two feet before, the end of June, top it at that height with the thumb and finger. Three shoots may probably start from the three upper eyes; if so, nail them in an easy position, and bring them to their proper places in the winter prun- ing; but most probably only two will break. In this case, as soon as they are six inches long, train them both o
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. W€"— " In the next summer, the three top buds are to be trained one on each side, perfectly horizontal, and the mid- dle one upright; should the centre this season grow vigorously, and advance two feet before, the end of June, top it at that height with the thumb and finger. Three shoots may probably start from the three upper eyes; if so, nail them in an easy position, and bring them to their proper places in the winter prun- ing; but most probably only two will break. In this case, as soon as they are six inches long, train them both on the opposite side from which you wish a third shoot, and rather lower than the horizontal line ; this will cause the next bud below the two shoots already ob- tained to start. As soon as this advances a few inches, restore the shoots from the top bud to an erect position, and the other about half the way between the horizontal and perpendicular line; observing, if one of the side shoots gets ! the advantage of the other, to depress ' the strong or elevate the weak as oc- casion may require; by which means both will be kept of an equal length. Fig. " If by the autumn the centre shoot has not advanced two feet, or if it does not appear to have ripened, cut the three summer shoots off within half an inch of the place from whence they sprang; there will then be an upright centre two feet above the second pair of horizontal branches, which will not fail to push vigorously the next spring, and although in this case only one pair of branches will be produced this sea-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johnson, George William, 1802-1886; Landreth, David. Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard
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