. The American fruit culturist. Fig. 152.—Neglected Peach-tree. in spring, and cut off the upper half or two-thirds of everyone-year shoot. If this process is continued from year toyear, in connection with cutting entirely out all the feeble. Fig. 153.—Correctly Trimmed Peach, best method and form, shoots where they grow too thickly, the desired object will befully attained, and the trees, as they grow older, instead ofpresenting the appearance of Fig. 152, will form the sym- lo8 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PRUNING. metrical, evenly distributed heads shown in Fig. 153. Animportant advantage of
. The American fruit culturist. Fig. 152.—Neglected Peach-tree. in spring, and cut off the upper half or two-thirds of everyone-year shoot. If this process is continued from year toyear, in connection with cutting entirely out all the feeble. Fig. 153.—Correctly Trimmed Peach, best method and form, shoots where they grow too thickly, the desired object will befully attained, and the trees, as they grow older, instead ofpresenting the appearance of Fig. 152, will form the sym- lo8 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PRUNING. metrical, evenly distributed heads shown in Fig. 153. Animportant advantage of thus pruning the peach will be thethinning-out of the fruit-buds; and while the tree will bearperhaps only one-third or one-quarter the number of speci-mens, they will be so much larger as to give as many bush-els, while the quality will be incomparably superior. An objection is made that too much labor is required forthis operation. By the use of a good pair of pruning-shears,however, it may be done with great expedition, and half adozen trees finished, in the same time that would be requiredfor a single tree in using the knife. Another mode, more rapidly performed, and answering
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