. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. successful for nearly half a century(planted in 1852). Good trees from this planta-tion are shown in Fig. 196. The essential featureof this type of training—which the writer believesto be the best for American conditions—is aframework of several approximately coordinatebranches arising near the ground. DWARF PEARS 273 Since the Yeomauses have been so snccessfulwith dwarf pears, it will be profitable to stndytheir description of the method of pruning, and. I^^Jy v.^-^-^^^r^^^ - 19(3. Flat-to
. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. successful for nearly half a century(planted in 1852). Good trees from this planta-tion are shown in Fig. 196. The essential featureof this type of training—which the writer believesto be the best for American conditions—is aframework of several approximately coordinatebranches arising near the ground. DWARF PEARS 273 Since the Yeomauses have been so snccessfulwith dwarf pears, it will be profitable to stndytheir description of the method of pruning, and. I^^Jy v.^-^-^^^r^^^ - 19(3. Flat-topped training of dwarf pears. New York. These trees were forty-five years old when the picture was taken. especially so, also, since this account seems to bethe clearest exposition of dwarf i^ear pruningfor commercial orchards v/liich is accessible tothe American student:^ Experience lias convinced me that, with good trees ofwell chosen varieties, on any good land, which is never toowet, and with the culture a good farmer gives his othercrops, and the important—nay, more, the indispensable—requisite to success,—thorough pruning,—no one need fail *This sketch is a copyrighted article published iu the nursery circularsof T. G. Yeomans & Sons, at the time when the firm was in the nur-sery business. Reprinted by permission. R 274 SOME SPECIFIC ADVICE of attaining a degree of success highly satisfactory andprofitable. A dwarf pear tree should never be planted at one yearold. A good one-year-old tree consists of a single uprightshoot or stem, f
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