. The cultivation of fruit trees and shrubs [microform]. Fruit trees; Fruit-culture; Arbres fruitiers; Arboriculture fruitière. .'54 I'UUNINO. })raiiclu's : hy pinching thoni their vegetation is arrested and tliey roniain fruit brunches (tig. 20). Pinching assists particuhirly in maintaining tlie equi- lihriuni of tlie franie of llie tree by arresting the overgrowth of certain branches ; but as tlie true principles of cultivation rf(|uire tliat every part of tlie tn e should be healthy, pinching should not be overdone as it would have tlip effect of a general weakening of the tree, of the grow
. The cultivation of fruit trees and shrubs [microform]. Fruit trees; Fruit-culture; Arbres fruitiers; Arboriculture fruitière. .'54 I'UUNINO. })raiiclu's : hy pinching thoni their vegetation is arrested and tliey roniain fruit brunches (tig. 20). Pinching assists particuhirly in maintaining tlie equi- lihriuni of tlie franie of llie tree by arresting the overgrowth of certain branches ; but as tlie true principles of cultivation rf(|uire tliat every part of tlie tn e should be healthy, pinching should not be overdone as it would have tlip effect of a general weakening of the tree, of the growth of premature and bail shoots and of the turning of fruit buds into wood. Of late pinching has been carried on t-* such an extent that it has bectane a real cause of decay. The fact has been forgotten that a tree will not grow and become strong urdess its branches are terminated by many small branches in a com- plete state of develo])nient and not by one only. The end of June is the time when the surplus branches may be removed, but then they have finished their work, they have cause<l the branches to grow large and the roots to develops in strength equivalent to the developenient of these branches. Direction.—The branches of a tree naturally take a direction which varies according to the .species and variety, this natural direction should be preserved : thus an English cherry tree, the liranches of which are vertical, would suffer if they were given a horizontal direction. The upward ''irection of a branch has a great inHuence upon its growth and Fiy. -M. I'iiicliini.! of ca tun vigorous 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 Santerre, Alec, 1861-1911. [Québec? : s. n. ]
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