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THE OLIVE
ing the appearance of Fig. 5, cut off the top at A in the early spring, leaving the three topmost branches on each side, and shorten the lower ones. Each branch is developed during the year as shown in Fig. 6, and is then cut again at A, and
Fig. 5. 
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Fig. 6. 
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the shoots C and D are shortened. The upper shoot B is started out by this process, and it appears the following year as in Fig. 7, and it is again cut at A. This causes the two upper shoots BB to develop; and at the end of the year they appear as shown at AA in Fig. 8. This is their position at the fourth years pruning, and each of them is cut at B; and D is shortened, and C is allowed to develop. By this time the tree has a spherical or vase form, and
