. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. yAN-TRAINING. 30 dener thinks it able to carry; in determining which, he ought never to overrate the vigour of the tree. All of these shoots, except the leading ones, must at the proper season be shortened, but to what length must be left entirely to the judgment of the gardener, it of course depending upon the vigour of the tree. In shortening the shoot, care should be taken to cut back to a wood bud that will produce a shoot for the following year. Cut close to the bud, so that the wound may heal the following sea, son. The foll
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. yAN-TRAINING. 30 dener thinks it able to carry; in determining which, he ought never to overrate the vigour of the tree. All of these shoots, except the leading ones, must at the proper season be shortened, but to what length must be left entirely to the judgment of the gardener, it of course depending upon the vigour of the tree. In shortening the shoot, care should be taken to cut back to a wood bud that will produce a shoot for the following year. Cut close to the bud, so that the wound may heal the following sea, son. The following year each shoot at the extremities of the leading branches should produce, besides the leading shoot, one on the upper and two on the under part, more or less, according to the vigour of the tree; whilst each of the secondary branches should produce besides the leading shoot, one other placed near to the bottom ; for the grand art of pruning, in all systems to which this class of trees is subjected, consists in preserving a sufficient quantity of young wood at the bottom of the tree; and on no account must the gardener cut away clean any shoots so placed, without well considering if they will be wanted, not only for the present but for the future good appearance of the tree. The quantity of young wood annually laid in must depend upon. Fig. 21. Fan-training complete. the vigour of the tree. It would be ridiculous to lay the same quantity into a weakly tree as into a tree in full vigour. The gardener here must use his own judgment. But if any of the leading shoots manifest a disposition to outstrip the others, a portion of young shoots must be laid in, and a greater quantity of fruit suffered to ripen on the over-vigorous branch. At the same time a smaller quantity of fruit than usual must be left to ripen on the weaker branch. This will tend to restore the equilibrium better than any other method. Fig. 21, presents us with the figure of a tree in a more advanced state wel
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