. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. t. Shouldthe upper portion ofthe shoot prove weak,then it would be ad-visable to cut it back If any branch isweaker than the restthe summer shoots uponit, or at least a consider-able portion of them,should be allowed togrow without stoppingtill September, when afew inches may be cutoff from the extremityof each. If the wholetree is weak the shootson all the branches should be treated in asimilar manner. In that case the summershoots ought to be cut back in winter to about1 inch from t
. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. t. Shouldthe upper portion ofthe shoot prove weak,then it would be ad-visable to cut it back If any branch isweaker than the restthe summer shoots uponit, or at least a consider-able portion of them,should be allowed togrow without stoppingtill September, when afew inches may be cutoff from the extremityof each. If the wholetree is weak the shootson all the branches should be treated in asimilar manner. In that case the summershoots ought to be cut back in winter to about1 inch from their base. From the stubs left,shoots will generally proceed in the followingseason; part of them may be pinched, as infig. 917, at regular distances along the stem,others may be allowed to grow till September,when they may be stopped and cut back toabout 1 inch from their base as before. Therewill then be about 1 inch long of the base ofthe first years shoot, now two years old, andas much of the second years shoot, which isonly one year old; from this a shoot maybe allowed to grow till September, when it. Fig. 918.—Pinching and Spur-pruning a vigorous Shoot. should be stopped; but instead of cutting itback to 1 inch, it should be cut off entirely,together with the former years wood on whichit took its rise. By so doing, there will beleft a stub consisting of about 1 inch of wood,now three years old, terminating in a portiononly two years old. On such portions fruit-spurs will generally form. Espaliers will bear well if not so closelypruned as above indicated, provided meansare taken to ensure an equal distribution ofthe sap in all the branches. If this is neglected,no system of management will ensure fruit inthat perfection which would be the case ifthe above principle were duly carried out. Themeans of doing so have been already fully ex-plained in treating on pruning. Whether thetrees are worked upon the Pear stock or uponthe Quince they will generally soon becomefruitful,
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