. The fruit grower's handbook [microform] : a concise manual of directions for the selection and culture of the best hardy fruits in the garden or orchard. Fruit-culture. 124 PRINCIPLES OF CULTtTRE. PEUNINQ. 125 any other fruit, especially of the strong growing sorts. It is com- mon to err in trimming too close (18) in summer when the vines look dense, and to cut too sparingly in the winter pruning. Leave only stout plump canes, cutting off the slender ends and all weakly shoots and spare old wood. Usually about two-thirds or more of last year's growth should be removed, unless it has been wel
. The fruit grower's handbook [microform] : a concise manual of directions for the selection and culture of the best hardy fruits in the garden or orchard. Fruit-culture. 124 PRINCIPLES OF CULTtTRE. PEUNINQ. 125 any other fruit, especially of the strong growing sorts. It is com- mon to err in trimming too close (18) in summer when the vines look dense, and to cut too sparingly in the winter pruning. Leave only stout plump canes, cutting off the slender ends and all weakly shoots and spare old wood. Usually about two-thirds or more of last year's growth should be removed, unless it has been well prun- ed or stopped in summer. 62. Pruning of Dwarf Trees.—The approved form for these trees is that of a pyramid or cone, (30. fig.) with the base near the Burface of the ground. In order to secure a sufficiency of stout horizontal branches, it is usually necessary to head down the newly h ±. tt—maiden dwarf, as planted in autumn and banked up for the winter. b—same plant headed down in spring and the surface lerelled and mulched. e—same plant after one summer's growth. d—same, pruned in the second spring. e—second year's growth. transplanted tree (a.) to within a foot of the surface, [b.) The buds left will shoot vigorously; one must be trained up for the main stem (leading shoot) of the tree, and a tier of the others allowed to diverge. (r.) (58) Next spring it will be found necessary to head down the leading shoot again, [d.) in order to secure the emission of another tier of branches (c) 6 to 9 inches above the first. See Hovpy's Magazine No. 180: Horticulturist II. 382, &c.—After the tree has acquired the form shown in the figure (r) it will need lit- tle pruning, but every summer the ends of all protruding shoots on the horizontal branches (excepting the terminal shoot) should bo pinched early in June when they are only 2 to 4 inches long. Leave only 2 or 3 buds (leaves) on each. The object is to check growth, preserve form, and produce fruit spurs;
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