. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. The Bulletin 11 tree when the branches arc too close to the ground. The brunches should not be headed too high because it will be ditticult to prune and spray the trees and gather the crop if the branches are out of reach. A height of about two or three feet will give best results. During the first growing season, all the growth should be remove«l as soon as formed except four or five shoots. These shoots should be al- lowed to grow so as to form the main branches which should be spaced four to five
. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. The Bulletin 11 tree when the branches arc too close to the ground. The brunches should not be headed too high because it will be ditticult to prune and spray the trees and gather the crop if the branches are out of reach. A height of about two or three feet will give best results. During the first growing season, all the growth should be remove«l as soon as formed except four or five shoots. These shoots should be al- lowed to grow so as to form the main branches which should be spaced four to five inches apart on the main stem. Branches that are exactly opposite should not be allowed to form because of danger of splitting when the trees come into bearing. Pruning a Two-Year-Old Apple Tree. Pruning a two-year-old tree consists of properly distributing and training the branches to a desired shape and form. There are two main systems of training apple trees: the central leader or pyramid. Fig. 8.—Twoyear-old apple tree. Cut out the central leader and water sprouts and prune as indicated by dotted lines. Cut back the long whips from 1-2 to 1-3 the length. Do not allow opposite branches to form. Dotted lines indicate what shoukl be pruned. Pears, plums, and cherries are pruned in the same way at this age. and the open head or vase fonn; both of these systems are sometimes exaggerated. For Xorth Carolina conditions a cumbination of the two systems will give best results; a round headed tree with partially open center is the most 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 North Carolina. Dept. of Agriculture. Raleigh : State Board of Agriculture
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