. The California fruits and how to grow them. -•c^. Six-Year-Old Apricot Trees in Bloom, Bucks Orchard, Vaca Valley. desired to grow. This pinching will have to be done severaltimes during the summer. The tufts of leaves will shade thestem and will secure the thickening which is desirable. Fourth—Shortening in or cutting back is essential to se-curing sustaining strength to the apricot. This must be donewherever the apricot is grown in this State, but the measure ofthe treatment varies according to local conditions. In someparts cutting back in the winter is relied upon, in others, both 254 Gr
. The California fruits and how to grow them. -•c^. Six-Year-Old Apricot Trees in Bloom, Bucks Orchard, Vaca Valley. desired to grow. This pinching will have to be done severaltimes during the summer. The tufts of leaves will shade thestem and will secure the thickening which is desirable. Fourth—Shortening in or cutting back is essential to se-curing sustaining strength to the apricot. This must be donewherever the apricot is grown in this State, but the measure ofthe treatment varies according to local conditions. In someparts cutting back in the winter is relied upon, in others, both 254 Grollers Methods of Pruning. summer and winter shortening in are practiced, though thereseems now to be a disposition to restrict heavy cutting to thewinter pruning. METHODS OF LEADING GROWERS. The following is the method followed by W. \V. Smith, ofVaca Valley, and described by him in an essay before the Cali-fornia State Horticultural Society:— The apricot is somewhat peculiar in its mode of bearing fruit; like the peach, itbears on wood of la
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