. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. nd, of course, the next pruning like the original, a mass ofshoots will result, so that that which was inthe beginning but a single bud, will soonbecome a sort of burr, yielding crops of shoots THE APPLE. 67 like a Willow-stool. The sap flows in greatestabundance into the upper branches to be againfruitlessly expended, instead of being equallydistributed throughout the whole of the tree,and unproductiveness is the consequence. Thecause having been traced to the buds on theupper branch
. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. nd, of course, the next pruning like the original, a mass ofshoots will result, so that that which was inthe beginning but a single bud, will soonbecome a sort of burr, yielding crops of shoots THE APPLE. 67 like a Willow-stool. The sap flows in greatestabundance into the upper branches to be againfruitlessly expended, instead of being equallydistributed throughout the whole of the tree,and unproductiveness is the consequence. Thecause having been traced to the buds on theupper branches, and more especially the budson the higher sides of these branches being allowed to develop strong shoots, it is evidentthat the remedy consists in checking thattendency, and this is in fact the principalobject to be kept in view in managing espaliers;for, however well they may be attended to inother respects, they will not afford a satisfactoryresult if that be neglected. First Season.âThis may date from the plant-ing of the tree in autumn; it should then becut down to 1 foot above the ground. Train. Fig. 866.âTwo-year-old espalier Apple, before pruning. the shoot from the uppermost bud upright insummer; also a shoot to the right and anotherto the left, at an angle of 45° in the first in-stance, and if one grow stronger than the other,depress the strong and elevate the weak. Second Season.âCut back the upright shootto about 1 foot from where it was formerlyshortened, or to one bud above two buds eligiblefor forming a second pair of horizontals. Thesetwo buds should be a little below the horizontalline along which the shoots from them are ulti-mately to be trained. Let the lowest two bebrought to the horizontal position if strong,but only nearly to that position if weak. Theselowest branches cannot be too strong; therefore,the shoots they produce should be allowed togrow unchecked, except so much as may befound necessary to prevent their competing toomuch with the lead
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