. American pomology : Apples. Apples. PROPAGATION. 87 the sixth year from the first grafting, harvested 28|^ bush- els of choice apples from a single tree that was 75 years old, and which before only produced inferior fruit. J. J. Thomas recommends, "to give a well-shaped head to such newly formed trees, and to prevent the branches from shooting upward in a close body near the centre of the tree; that the old horizontal boughs should be allowed to extend to a distance in each direction,.while the upright. Fig. 16.—^RENEWAL OF THE TOP OF AN OLD TREE. ones should be lopped;" see fig. 1
. American pomology : Apples. Apples. PROPAGATION. 87 the sixth year from the first grafting, harvested 28|^ bush- els of choice apples from a single tree that was 75 years old, and which before only produced inferior fruit. J. J. Thomas recommends, "to give a well-shaped head to such newly formed trees, and to prevent the branches from shooting upward in a close body near the centre of the tree; that the old horizontal boughs should be allowed to extend to a distance in each direction,.while the upright. Fig. 16.—^RENEWAL OF THE TOP OF AN OLD TREE. ones should be lopped;" see fig. 16. The same writer also advises, "instead of cutting off large branches and graft- ing them at once, it is bett^er to prune the top in part, which will cause an emission of vigorous shoots. These are then budded, or grafted, * * * And as the grafts gradually extend by growth, the remainder of the top may, by successive excisions, be entirely ; Grafting in the Xursery is either done at or near the collar of the stock, or it is performed in-doors upon the. 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 Warder, J. A. (John Aston), 1812-1883. New York : Orange Judd and company
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