. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Ask for Catalogua No. S By Professor C. C. Vincent, Moscow, Idaho. notwithstanding this fact, it is very im- perfectly understood by the masses of people and often wholly disregarded. While it is true we possess climatic conditions very favorable to the growth and perfect development of our fruit trees, which renders unnecessary much of the labor and expense attached to fruit growing in the Eastern States; pruning to an ideal through the various stages will be absolutely necessary in order to obtain best re- sults. Intelligent pruning is ever pro- duc
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Ask for Catalogua No. S By Professor C. C. Vincent, Moscow, Idaho. notwithstanding this fact, it is very im- perfectly understood by the masses of people and often wholly disregarded. While it is true we possess climatic conditions very favorable to the growth and perfect development of our fruit trees, which renders unnecessary much of the labor and expense attached to fruit growing in the Eastern States; pruning to an ideal through the various stages will be absolutely necessary in order to obtain best re- sults. Intelligent pruning is ever pro- ductive of the most satisfactory results, but when it is done indifferently with- out any regard to the to be ac- complished, an entirely different effect is produced. The tree is pruned, at various sea- sons of the year to accomplish very different results, ^\'hile no fixed rules can be given regarding pruning that will apply to every tree everywhere, there are, however, a few principles which, if kept in mind by the oper- ators, will facilitate matters consider- ably. Each variety offers problems pe- culiar to itself, that can be solved only by the good .judgment of the man with the pruning shears, but the following points should be observed in every case: (1) All crossing limbs .should be removed for spraying is quite an item in the expense of the orchard, and with all superfluous limbs removed before the apidication, less material will be needed. f2) Prune to encourage the production of fruit rather than wood. (3) Prune to prevent the lower limbs from hindering cultivation; the upper ones fiiim growing out of easy reach for spra>ing and picking. (1) Prune to prevent the "off-year hal)it" in trees. (5) Prune to correct too compact or too spreading growth of top. Since there is no other ph:ise of or- chard management that reiiuires as much knowledge and experience ns lliat of , the grower's success will be based largely upon the obscivance of the abo
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