. A complete work on the pruning of fruit trees .. Fruit-culture; Pruning. 08 hard-and-fast rule can bi^ laid down, for varieties differ in this respect owing to chniatic and soil conditions ; only observation can demonstrate this, and growers should watch and experiment with the laterals for themselves ; by doing this they can work with Natiu-e in place of forcing her unnaturally. It generally takes more than one season to develop spurs on pear laterals. There are always some of the shorter laterals which have never been cut back in previous seasons which will give some clue as to linw to tre
. A complete work on the pruning of fruit trees .. Fruit-culture; Pruning. 08 hard-and-fast rule can bi^ laid down, for varieties differ in this respect owing to chniatic and soil conditions ; only observation can demonstrate this, and growers should watch and experiment with the laterals for themselves ; by doing this they can work with Natiu-e in place of forcing her unnaturally. It generally takes more than one season to develop spurs on pear laterals. There are always some of the shorter laterals which have never been cut back in previous seasons which will give some clue as to linw to treat the lateral growth. When pruning Gansells and Vicars in one district this season (1912) I noticed well spurred tAvo year old laterals. Tliese points must be watched for. In such cases the laterals should not be shortened too se-verely either in winter or summer pruning, and in some oases are better left unp)rmied for a season or two. Figures 74 and 75 show seven-year old trees of Winter Coles and Bailey's Bergamotte varieties, while Figure 76 shows an aged Beurre Capiaumont pruned and in flower. This tree was started. Pig. 74. Winter Coles. ^^•ith a verj? narrow Ijase, but it was thrown wide in subsequent p)runings and is now a very shapely, roomy tree carrying its 17 leaders without crowding. It is well clothed with fruiting spurs from base to tip. These spurs have been kept thinned out. Pears of the Winter Nelis tj'pe. Figure 77, a seven-year old tree, are verv difficult to prune to shape in their early stages owing to their unshapely manner of growth. Some growers prefer to let such trees go unpruned and shape them later when they commence to bear, but much growth is lost by doing this, and the tree is then even still more difficult to shape, and apart from this the tree becomes a wilderness without main leaders. Shape such trees as for other varieties for the first four years, choosing well placed shoots for future arms and sub-arms. Those which go out too wide, cut we
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