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Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 435
a regular and handsome form. In all following years, the system of pruning and thinningwhich I particularly recommend, is to keep a moderateand constant supply of strong healthy young shoots, fromwhich alone can be expected large and fine fruit; and, when-ever the extremities grow beyond the proper… … 422 Mode of growing Prize Gooseberries. the tree is too much crowded with, old and young wood; be-cause the fruit should have, as much as possible, a full shareof the strength of the tree. And it is not only to the branches and top of the tree, thatthe care of those who wish to excel in the…