. A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental Fig. 35. — Method of forming aleader for a young tree by straight-ening up a lateral branch. Fig. 36. — Badly grown treetwenty to thirty years old. Firstpruning In the case of young trees with a forking main stem,only one of the leaders should be allowed to remain,and the one preserved should be the more nearly up-right of the two, without regard to its size or strong strap, fastened to the stump of the suppressedbranch, may, if necessary, be used to draw up theleader into a straight (Fig. 37) ; when this isnecessary prop
. A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental Fig. 35. — Method of forming aleader for a young tree by straight-ening up a lateral branch. Fig. 36. — Badly grown treetwenty to thirty years old. Firstpruning In the case of young trees with a forking main stem,only one of the leaders should be allowed to remain,and the one preserved should be the more nearly up-right of the two, without regard to its size or strong strap, fastened to the stump of the suppressedbranch, may, if necessary, be used to draw up theleader into a straight (Fig. 37) ; when this isnecessary proper precautions, however, must be takento prevent the bark from being injured by the strap. Often young reserve trees otherwise desirable to pre-serve are unable, from the unfavorable conditions underwhich they have grown or on account of injuries re- 42 TREE PRUNING. ceived from falling trees, to support their own weight,and bend over to the ground. When possible suchtrees should be straightened and keptupright by the aid of a wire fastenedto a
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