. Commercial apple growing in California. Apples. / / By the fourth dormant pruning, tree training has been largely completed. From here on pruning should be done in such a manner as to permit the best de- velopment of the crop. The tree should be thinned out and the remaining branches cut to side limbs, as was done in the third dormant pruning. A moderate number of small shoots should be left in the center of the tree for fruit-bearing wood. Adequate thinning out of branches and fruiting wood will maintain a well- distributed bearing area throughout the tree and reduce excessive spread and br
. Commercial apple growing in California. Apples. / / By the fourth dormant pruning, tree training has been largely completed. From here on pruning should be done in such a manner as to permit the best de- velopment of the crop. The tree should be thinned out and the remaining branches cut to side limbs, as was done in the third dormant pruning. A moderate number of small shoots should be left in the center of the tree for fruit-bearing wood. Adequate thinning out of branches and fruiting wood will maintain a well- distributed bearing area throughout the tree and reduce excessive spread and breaking of branches. i / / %~. fC 1 i 1 1 j / J f — J Fig. 9. Tree prior to second dormant pruning. laterals and spurs during the second year, and these should not be immediately re- moved as they provide shade and some early fruit. Third and subsequent dormant sea- son pruning. Third-year training con- sists of thinning out unwanted branches and cutting others to desirable side limbs. Secondary branches often form fruit spurs during the third growing season, but on young trees fruit buds may form at the tip of unpruned shoots. [17]. 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 Koch, E. C. (Edward C. ), 1914-1992; Alderman, DeForest Charles, 1914-; Brown, Dillon S. , 1912-1998. [Berkeley, Calif. ] : Division of Agricultural Sciences, University of California
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