. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. CHAPTER XI. IMPLEMENTS, ETC. The more common tools needed, are the shove1, the spade, and the hoe, for digging holes, transplanting, and cultivating the ground. Tho rake is useful in mixing manures with the soil for filling the remote parts -vc large holes. INSTRUMENTS. The pruning-knife, fig. 47, is a large hooked knife, for removing useless br
. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. CHAPTER XI. IMPLEMENTS, ETC. The more common tools needed, are the shove1, the spade, and the hoe, for digging holes, transplanting, and cultivating the ground. Tho rake is useful in mixing manures with the soil for filling the remote parts -vc large holes. INSTRUMENTS. The pruning-knife, fig. 47, is a large hooked knife, for removing useless branches. The pruning-saw is needed in taking off larger limbs; \ attached to a handle seve- Fig. 47. ral feet long, it will reach those at a distance from the ground. The direction of the teeth should be the re- '"-""â '":--â '-'-â -â â >- verse of the common saw; that is, they should Fig-48. point towards the ope- rator, constituting what is called the draw-saw, fig. 48. Be- ing thus only subject to a â pulling strain, it does not require ~ so thick a blade as a thrust-saw, with tl» teeth in the usual wa For this reason, it ', less liable to become broken or twisted. The Fig- *»⢠bow-saw, fig. 49, is a light saw for cutting near the ground. The prumng-chisel may differ but little from those "of a common carpenter, fixed â to the end of a long pole "or handle, for cutting off small branches at a con- Fie-sa siderable height. It is placed against a limb, and the stroke of a mallet separates it. 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 Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob). New York : Miller, Orton & Mulligan
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