. Rational fruit culture. Fruit-culture. 34 RATIONAL FRUIT CULTURE was only one. The root should be laid bare, and the whole of the sucker should be cut away. If a spot of tar, or a styptic such as is used to prevent the bleeding of vines, is applied to the wound, it will lessen the chance of any fresh growth at that point. In very bad cases, where groups of suckers are growing up around neglected trees, it may be necessary to sever some of the main roots as in ordinary root- pruning, and to drag up the ends with the suckers Fig. 12.—The effect of not cutting away a sucker completel
. Rational fruit culture. Fruit-culture. 34 RATIONAL FRUIT CULTURE was only one. The root should be laid bare, and the whole of the sucker should be cut away. If a spot of tar, or a styptic such as is used to prevent the bleeding of vines, is applied to the wound, it will lessen the chance of any fresh growth at that point. In very bad cases, where groups of suckers are growing up around neglected trees, it may be necessary to sever some of the main roots as in ordinary root- pruning, and to drag up the ends with the suckers Fig. 12.—The effect of not cutting away a sucker completely—several growing from the stump. But prevention is better than cure; and if the roots are sound when a tree is planted, and if they are not afterwards injured by the careless use of the fork or spade, it is unlikely that there will be much trouble from this cause. .\ root may. as it swells, come in cont;ict with n shar]i stone, which eventu- ally penetrates it, and thus stjuts a sucker, but this does not happen often. \Mli:\ TO STAKE PHUT TREKS, There is one precaution which should be taken—to stake all trees which require staking before the holes are filled up. It is easy to avoid the roots when they can be seen, but. 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 Davidson, Hugh Coleman. London, "Garden life" press
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