The little pruning book; an intimate guide to the surer growing of better fruits and flowers . FIG. tree (apple) withhead started at time ofplanting; branches evenlydistributed both up-and-down and around trunk. FIG. tree (apple) aftersecond pruning; each branchtreated much as though itwere a young tree. branches; and everything else is cut away clean to themain stem. As this method determines the ultirnateform or shape of the tree, one must have a general ideaas to just what type of tree is wanted. If the head is tobe low the branches left should not be over two feetfrom the
The little pruning book; an intimate guide to the surer growing of better fruits and flowers . FIG. tree (apple) withhead started at time ofplanting; branches evenlydistributed both up-and-down and around trunk. FIG. tree (apple) aftersecond pruning; each branchtreated much as though itwere a young tree. branches; and everything else is cut away clean to themain stem. As this method determines the ultirnateform or shape of the tree, one must have a general ideaas to just what type of tree is wanted. If the head is tobe low the branches left should not be over two feetfrom the ground for apples and cherries and pears; andnot over eighteen inches for peaches and plums. Apoint of the utmost importance in selecting the branchesto be retained is to see that no two of them form a crotch—that is, they must not spring from opposite each otheron the main stem. They should be distributed as evenlyas possible along the stem and around it. As the main 32 stem is cut back to the topmost branch saved, a half totwo-thirds of it is cut away—another seeming great sacri-fice
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