. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. PEA 446 PEA Fig. 125.—(P. 441.). ?on, the tree will be much benefited from having the upright shoot topped, as the sap by this check will be forced into the horizontal branches below, which are often starved by the prodi- gious and in a great measure useless growth of the centre. All superfluous shoots are to be pinched off within an inch or two as they appear, and, as far as may be, without leaving the branch absolutely bare, and entirely cut out in the winter pruning. " This treatment is to be repeated till those trees which have their firs
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. PEA 446 PEA Fig. 125.—(P. 441.). ?on, the tree will be much benefited from having the upright shoot topped, as the sap by this check will be forced into the horizontal branches below, which are often starved by the prodi- gious and in a great measure useless growth of the centre. All superfluous shoots are to be pinched off within an inch or two as they appear, and, as far as may be, without leaving the branch absolutely bare, and entirely cut out in the winter pruning. " This treatment is to be repeated till those trees which have their first pair of horizontal branches within nineinches of the ground, arrive within two feet or eighteen inches of the top of the wall. These trees are to be considered per- manent; those which have no branch till they are one foot nine inches high, are for a temporary purpose only, and they may have a pair of branches within four inches of the top of the wall. " In ten years, we will suppose, on a twelve feet wall, most of the branches will reach twelve or thirteen feet from. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johnson, George William, 1802-1886; Landreth, David. Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard
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