. Bulletin . (a) (h) Fig. 19.— (a) Peach tree after one years growth in the orchard. In pruning at planting time, tree was headed too high which resulted in weak growth of low side branches, (h) Same tree after pruning. Note that central wood has been removed, leaving well-spaced scaffold branches to develop an open-center peach tree. No cutting of side branches has been made. Branching naturally occurs at the right place and pruning wouldseriously dwarf an already weak tree. Like apple trees, young peach trees should be shaped by alight pruning and should not be cut any more than is absolutel
. Bulletin . (a) (h) Fig. 19.— (a) Peach tree after one years growth in the orchard. In pruning at planting time, tree was headed too high which resulted in weak growth of low side branches, (h) Same tree after pruning. Note that central wood has been removed, leaving well-spaced scaffold branches to develop an open-center peach tree. No cutting of side branches has been made. Branching naturally occurs at the right place and pruning wouldseriously dwarf an already weak tree. Like apple trees, young peach trees should be shaped by alight pruning and should not be cut any more than is absolutelynecessary to secure this shape. In some sections of the country peach trees are notoriouslyearly bearers, and under these conditions the pruning does notaffect the time of bearing as much as it does the size of the first few 29 crops. Heavy pruning reduces size of tree for age, and cuts yieldscorrespondingly. Like an apple tree, an unpruned peach tree assumes a fairlygood shape as soon as it bears enough t
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