. A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental Fis- 33. — Young treetwenty years old correctlypruned. Fi^. 34. —Method of forminga leader for a young tree bystraightening up a lateral branch. tree with a sufficient supply of sap. Proportion-ately larger branches must of course be left on olderand larger trees. Young trees grown in poor or imperfectly drainedsoil, or under the unfavorable conditions arising fromwant of light, are often destitute of proper , as has already been explained, a leader canbe formed by straightening up a branch either by theaid of a withe faste
. A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental Fis- 33. — Young treetwenty years old correctlypruned. Fi^. 34. —Method of forminga leader for a young tree bystraightening up a lateral branch. tree with a sufficient supply of sap. Proportion-ately larger branches must of course be left on olderand larger trees. Young trees grown in poor or imperfectly drainedsoil, or under the unfavorable conditions arising fromwant of light, are often destitute of proper , as has already been explained, a leader canbe formed by straightening up a branch either by theaid of a withe fastened to one of the shortened branches(Fig. 34), or more simply by a small branch twistedround the branch selected for the leader (Fig. 35). PRUNING RESERVE TREES. 41 The new leader thus formed will soon begin to grow,and in a short time will entirely change the appear-ance of a stunted sickly tree (Fig. 36), which, sotreated, will become straight and
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