The California fruits and how to grow them; . eighteen inches, develop three side branchesupon that and train the branch from the top bud for a lengthen-ing of the stem, and bring out more branches upon that the secondyear, and then dispense with its farther extension. The engravingson page 316 show this method of developing the head of a youngsFrench prune. The tree was cut back as planting in orchard toa straight switch about eighteen inches high. At the end of thefirst summer this showed the form in the first picture, which ismarked for the first winter pruning. The second engraving showsth
The California fruits and how to grow them; . eighteen inches, develop three side branchesupon that and train the branch from the top bud for a lengthen-ing of the stem, and bring out more branches upon that the secondyear, and then dispense with its farther extension. The engravingson page 316 show this method of developing the head of a youngsFrench prune. The tree was cut back as planting in orchard toa straight switch about eighteen inches high. At the end of thefirst summer this showed the form in the first picture, which ismarked for the first winter pruning. The second engraving showsthe branching developed from this during the second summersgrowth, also marked to prune away some undesirable a tree of this form farther cutting back is not desirable as ithas enough well-placed branches to form the tree. How long cutting back shall continue depends partly upon thelocality and partly upon the notion of the owner. In interior •localities the tree grows with great rapidity and branches more PRUNING THE PRUNE 315. y^^^ ^Mmi/r - *
Size: 1485px × 1682px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectfruitculture, bookyea
