Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm elementsofpracti00lowd Year: 1838 PLANTS CULTIVATED FOR THEIR WOOD. 395 Fig. 167. of this mode of growth will conduct us to a simple rule in practice for removing, without violence, the lower branches of the trunk. When we commence this process of pruning off the branches of the stem, let us cut off the lowermost branch or tier of branches, that is, the branch or branches of one year's growth, and no mor
Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm elementsofpracti00lowd Year: 1838 PLANTS CULTIVATED FOR THEIR WOOD. 395 Fig. 167. of this mode of growth will conduct us to a simple rule in practice for removing, without violence, the lower branches of the trunk. When we commence this process of pruning off the branches of the stem, let us cut off the lowermost branch or tier of branches, that is, the branch or branches of one year's growth, and no more : in the second year let us cut off a second tier : in the third year a third tier; and so on. In this manner, while the tree in each year makes one shoot vertically, the lateral shoots of another year are cut off below. Thus, in the an- nexed figure, the tree ha- ving made 15 shoots, and having risen, we will sup- pose, to the height of 15 feet, we commence the pro- cess of pruning, by cutting off the lowermost branches or set of branches 1. The tree then makes a shoot from 15 to 16, so that while we have cut off the lateral shoots of one year, another year's vertical shoot will be made. The next year we prune away the branch or branches 2; and again the tree makes a shoot from 16 to 17. In the third year, we cut off the branch or branches 3, the tree making again a shoot upwards as before, to 18; and so we take off each year the lateral shoots of one year, and never more. By this method we shall gradually denude the stem of its
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