. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. ible 2. Charles Doehlert's Pruning Test, Whitesbog, - 1954 Condition of all uprights and fruit buds on November 4, 1954 after pruning on June 10. ' Ratio of Fru Per it Buds Percent of â 'uning -eatment Uprights per sq. foot Old New Total new upr. to old square foot total uprs. w/fruit Buds jmoval of Mnners only 267 141 408 199 47 . inch strip (1 8" centers 209 114 323 171 53 inch strip ii 4" centers 200 156 356 174 49 . inch strip 0 8" centers 208 139 347 165 48 tanberries; it was almost con-
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. ible 2. Charles Doehlert's Pruning Test, Whitesbog, - 1954 Condition of all uprights and fruit buds on November 4, 1954 after pruning on June 10. ' Ratio of Fru Per it Buds Percent of â 'uning -eatment Uprights per sq. foot Old New Total new upr. to old square foot total uprs. w/fruit Buds jmoval of Mnners only 267 141 408 199 47 . inch strip (1 8" centers 209 114 323 171 53 inch strip ii 4" centers 200 156 356 174 49 . inch strip 0 8" centers 208 139 347 165 48 tanberries; it was almost con- «,ded that pruning would cause ome immediate damage to I anberries. Whereas growers of 1 her fruit crops prune every year, (cpecting immediate benefits â¢Very year, most cranberry fowers have the attitude that j-uning can reduce the crop iicause it necessarily reduces Rte uprights which bear the fruit. ⢠rowers of other crops know that iducing the flowering and fruit- iig units definitely can increase lie quantity and quality of the lop. Charlie's well organized tests itailed meticulously hand â¢uning small plots with hand lears on an Early Black bog. Dur types of pruning were car- ed out on June 10: a) lightest ossible pruning with removal â runners only; b) cutting a strip trough the mass of vines 1 inch lide and spread 8 inches apart; i 1 inch strip, 4 inches apart; d) 2 I ch strip, 8 inches apart. IA bad frost invalidated any I eld data in the year of the I-uning. A perusal of the data lown in Table 2 will show that no appreciable harm was done by the three severe strip pruning methods. Unfortunately, Mr. Doehlert retired before he could pursue his tests further. We still do not know if the new uprights stimulated by the pruning are naturally more productive than those generated in the unpruned areas. My main interest in pruning was originally focused on the probable higher susceptibility to the attack by cranberry tipworm of the tender, lush growth which ensue
Size: 1545px × 1617px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookcontributorumassamherstlibraries, bookspons
