. Land teaching; a handbook of soils, plants, gardens and grounds, for teachers and cultivators . ^. 110 LAND TEACHINO. PRUNING. Pruning Is one of the six main orchard, practices; the others aretillage, fertilizing, spraying, harvesting and marketing. Without pay-ing close attention to all of these the orchard is apt to become anunprofitable Investment. Tillage provides the general care of thesoil and the conservation of the moisture; fertilization pertains tothe food of the plants; spraying takes care of the diseases affectingthe plants and fruits; harvesting pertains to the picking and packi
. Land teaching; a handbook of soils, plants, gardens and grounds, for teachers and cultivators . ^. 110 LAND TEACHINO. PRUNING. Pruning Is one of the six main orchard, practices; the others aretillage, fertilizing, spraying, harvesting and marketing. Without pay-ing close attention to all of these the orchard is apt to become anunprofitable Investment. Tillage provides the general care of thesoil and the conservation of the moisture; fertilization pertains tothe food of the plants; spraying takes care of the diseases affectingthe plants and fruits; harvesting pertains to the picking and packing,while upon marketing depends the profit or loss for the year. Prun-ing is that practice which removes surplus wood opens up thetree to the iight, decreases the bearing area, thereby preventing agreat deal of thinning in spring, and removes all dead or otherwiseobjectionable limbs. We might here stretch a point and call thin-ning a division of pruning, for after all, taking off surplus fruit isnothing more nor less than pruning. Why Prune—The best answer would probably be to give the reasons
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