. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. IQIS BETTER FRUIT Page 9 soil they arc on, the climate and the variety should all be taken into con- sideration. As shown in the chapter on "The Study of ; theie is a great diirerence in the bearing hal)its of trees. The amount of pruning which regular bearers like Jonathan, Wagener, Winesap, (Irimes, etc., will stand will vary considerably as com- pared to the pruning that Yellow New- town, Northern Spy, Baldwin, Tomjj- kins King or varieties which have their habit of growth will stand. As a gen- eral rule, the growers of Yellow New- town on
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. IQIS BETTER FRUIT Page 9 soil they arc on, the climate and the variety should all be taken into con- sideration. As shown in the chapter on "The Study of ; theie is a great diirerence in the bearing hal)its of trees. The amount of pruning which regular bearers like Jonathan, Wagener, Winesap, (Irimes, etc., will stand will vary considerably as com- pared to the pruning that Yellow New- town, Northern Spy, Baldwin, Tomjj- kins King or varieties which have their habit of growth will stand. As a gen- eral rule, the growers of Yellow New- town on the heavier soils of the state are making a mistake with their young trees. In almost all cases they are over-pruning, and are cutting their trees so hard tiiat whatever tendency the trees miglit naturally have to bear are directed into other channels. The directions given so far have iieen written chiefly from the point of view of apple pruning. Nevertheless the recommendations apjjly ec|ually well to all of our deciduous fruits and nuts, such as prunes, pears, cherries and walnuts. There are a few soecial rec- ommendations, however, that we wish to give for fruits other than apples. Special Recommendations for Pears We never reconuiiend pruning the pear to the leader type. Growers gen- erally feel that it is harder to fight the blight with the leader than with llie open type of tree, so we generally rec- ommend tliat either the open type or the modifled leader be chosen. ^Ve would caution growers, however, that many of the open trees are very easily damaged from blight and are often ruined because the crotches are poorly formed. An etTort should be made to have the branches spaced as far aiKUi as possible, so that if a branch is lost from blight the remainder of the tree can easily be saved. It should always be borne in mind that hre blight works in succulent growth, and that in han- dling pear trees one should avoid ex- cessive wood gi-owth. Pears begin their growth earlier
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