. The American fruit culturist. the pruned made finebushy heads of new shoots. In anotherinstance, trees only one years growthfrom the bud, transplanted in theusual manner unpruned, were placedside by side with others of four yearsgrowth, and with trunks an inch and ahalf in diameter, the heads beingpruned to one quarter their size. Thegrowth of the former was feeble; thelarge trees, withpruned heads,grew vigorously. The degree towhich this short-ening should becarried must de-pend much on cli-mate. In the cool,moist atmosphereof England, theleaves perspireless, and a largernumber may re-main
. The American fruit culturist. the pruned made finebushy heads of new shoots. In anotherinstance, trees only one years growthfrom the bud, transplanted in theusual manner unpruned, were placedside by side with others of four yearsgrowth, and with trunks an inch and ahalf in diameter, the heads beingpruned to one quarter their size. Thegrowth of the former was feeble; thelarge trees, withpruned heads,grew vigorously. The degree towhich this short-ening should becarried must de-pend much on cli-mate. In the cool,moist atmosphereof England, theleaves perspireless, and a largernumber may re-main without ex-hausting the sup-ply from the this country the perspiration is morerapid, and fewer leaves can be fed, untilnew roots furnish increased supplies. Cutting back after the buds have swol-len, or the leaves expanded, often checksgrowth, and usually should not be performed except on verysmall trees, or on such as the peach, which quickly reproducenew shoots. Trees which quickly reproduce new shoots, as the Fig. 105.—Yearling Peach-Tree.
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