. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. no PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PRUNING. must be kept to them, and the necessary rubbing and pinch- ing performed, that they do not outgrow the others. Pruning the Quince.—YouTig quince-trees, as sold by nurs- erymen in this country, have, in many instances, received no pruning or training, and resemble Fig. 156. To give them a single straight stem, and to impart sufficient vigor to form a good well-balanced head, such trees should be cut down near the
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. no PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PRUNING. must be kept to them, and the necessary rubbing and pinch- ing performed, that they do not outgrow the others. Pruning the Quince.—YouTig quince-trees, as sold by nurs- erymen in this country, have, in many instances, received no pruning or training, and resemble Fig. 156. To give them a single straight stem, and to impart sufficient vigor to form a good well-balanced head, such trees should be cut down near the ground as soon as they become well established, and a single upright shoot allowed to grow for the future tree (Fig. 157). The second year a good head may be commenced, according to the directions given for the dwarf apple. Special directions for pruning the Grape, Raspberry, Blackberry, Goose- berry, and Currant will be found in the chapters devoted to these dif- ferent fruits. Trees which are kept in good shape while young will not require heavy pruning in after years. But orchards rarely receive this perfect management, and more or less prun- ing occasionally becomes necessary. The owner is often unable to attend in person to all the details, or to di- rect the laborer in the removal of each successive limb. To obviate this difficulty, attach a cylinder of chalk to a rod several feet in length, in the manner repre- sented in Fig. 158, and taking this rod in the hand, make a distinct white chalk-mark, at the precise spot where the pruning-saw is to cut through for the removal of the rejected branch. The workman follows with the saw, and cuts off every branch at the right place, with greater ac- curacy than verbal directions could point out, and without hesitation or delay. The owner may mark out enough work with the chalk in an hour to occupy the laborer through the. Fig. 158.—To mark the limbs to be Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page imag
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