. The amateur's practical garden-book;. Gardening. PRUNING 183. Before pruning wound. The hard wood itself never heals; that is, the cells do not have the power of making new cells; therefore the old wood is simply covered up, or hermetically sealed as a cap is put on a fruit jar. It is evi- dent, therefore, that no kind of dress- ing will hasten the healing of this wound. The merit of a dressing is to keep the wound sound and healthy un- til the callus naturally covers it over. All things considered, the best dress- ing is probably thick linseed-oil paint. So far as the wound is concerned, th
. The amateur's practical garden-book;. Gardening. PRUNING 183. Before pruning wound. The hard wood itself never heals; that is, the cells do not have the power of making new cells; therefore the old wood is simply covered up, or hermetically sealed as a cap is put on a fruit jar. It is evi- dent, therefore, that no kind of dress- ing will hasten the healing of this wound. The merit of a dressing is to keep the wound sound and healthy un- til the callus naturally covers it over. All things considered, the best dress- ing is probably thick linseed-oil paint. So far as the wound is concerned, the best time for Pruning is ordinarily in the spring, when the vital activities are beginning; but the season also in- fluences fruit-bearing and wood-mak- ing, and these questions should be considered. Those wounds heal best which are on strong main limbs, where there is a full flow of nutritious sap. The limb should be cut off so that the wound is parallel with the trunk upon which it sits, and close to it. That is to say, the longer the stub, the less rapid in general is the healing of the wound. It is the custom to cut the limb just outside the bulge at its base; but, in most cases, it is better to cut through this bulge, and to have the wound close to the main trunk. Heavy Pruning of the top tends to the production of wood; therefore the severe Pruning of orchard trees, fol- lowing three or four years of neglect, sets the trees into heavy wood-bear- ing, and makes them more vigorous. Such treatment generally tends away from fruit-bearing. This heavy Pruning is usually neces- sary in neglected orchards, however, to bring trees back. 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 Hunn, C[harles] E[lias] [from old catalog]; Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, joint author. New York, London, The Macmil
Size: 1567px × 1594px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectgardening, bookyear19
