. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. 222. Strawberrypruner. *W. S. Devol, i-eporting 175, of O. Hort, Soe, in American Garden, PRUNING TOOLS 307. 223. Pruningmask. this it is easier to direct the blows, and the use ofthe implement is less tiresome, because the posi-tion of the hands can be changed. The projectinghandle should be about the same distance abovethe cutting cylinder as the cross-bars, and the perpendicular pro-jection should reach twelve or fif-teen inches higher. The edge of |^^the implement should be
. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. 222. Strawberrypruner. *W. S. Devol, i-eporting 175, of O. Hort, Soe, in American Garden, PRUNING TOOLS 307. 223. Pruningmask. this it is easier to direct the blows, and the use ofthe implement is less tiresome, because the posi-tion of the hands can be changed. The projectinghandle should be about the same distance abovethe cutting cylinder as the cross-bars, and the perpendicular pro-jection should reach twelve or fif-teen inches higher. The edge of |^^the implement should be keptvery sharp, to prevent pullingand disturbing the plants whenusing it. Bj walking betweentwo rows and setting the imple-ment down over two hills onone side, and then two on the other, the runnerscan be trimmed off very rapidly, and the plantsbe kept in neat, round hills. The implement ap-pears to be a valuable thing for facilitatingthe work of the strawberry grower. A recent writer describes the following mask(Fig. 223) to protect the face while pruning:* Iam pruning, and for the past few jears havefound great comfort in a mask over the face tokeep off the sun and wind. It often makes thedifference between being ab
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