. The California fruits and how to grow them. Pear Tree after ThirdPruning, X-h. Standard TreeReady for ThirdPruning (Barry). Subsequent Pruning.—The method of proceeding thusillustrated is carried beyond the third pruning by some growers; Barrys Fruit Garden, p. 222, Descriptions of Local Practice. 159 by others a different method is followed with some fruits, whichwill be specified in the chapters on the different fruits. , of Vacaville, proceeds regularly year after year, and theengraving on page 153 is from a Silver prune tree in his orchardafter the fourth pruning, or, if the cutt
. The California fruits and how to grow them. Pear Tree after ThirdPruning, X-h. Standard TreeReady for ThirdPruning (Barry). Subsequent Pruning.—The method of proceeding thusillustrated is carried beyond the third pruning by some growers; Barrys Fruit Garden, p. 222, Descriptions of Local Practice. 159 by others a different method is followed with some fruits, whichwill be specified in the chapters on the different fruits. , of Vacaville, proceeds regularly year after year, and theengraving on page 153 is from a Silver prune tree in his orchardafter the fourth pruning, or, if the cutting back at planting iscalled the first pruning, this tree has been pruned five times, andis six years old. There has not been any effort made to definitely decide thelengths of growth to be left at each pruning, because practicevaries in this respect, and the reader may choose his adviser fromthose whose practice will be next described. LOCAL DETAILS BY PROMINENT GROWERS. Having thus attempted to give intimation of the origin ofour prevailing style of pruning, the respects
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