. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Hints on the Planting of Orchards. 251 trimming may be used to good advantage. The main shoot should usually be headed back in this as in all styles of trimming, in order to make the trunk stocky. The second method aims to start the top at the required height when the tree is planted. It is adapted only to strong and well grown stocks which have a more or less branching and forking top. From three to five of the best branches are left, and these are head
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Hints on the Planting of Orchards. 251 trimming may be used to good advantage. The main shoot should usually be headed back in this as in all styles of trimming, in order to make the trunk stocky. The second method aims to start the top at the required height when the tree is planted. It is adapted only to strong and well grown stocks which have a more or less branching and forking top. From three to five of the best branches are left, and these are headed back to a few buds each. Fig. 3 shows a pear tree, trimmed in Fig. 4, and the illustration may be considered to represent a good example of its class. Many of our best planters prefer the spur system for all trees, and there are some who would trim all newly set trees to a straight whip; but there is much to be said for this last method, and I have used it many years with uniform success. It may be said in general, then, that peach trees and small or slender trees should be well headed back and spurred (Figs, i, 2); but that strong, well branched trees may have the head started at the desired height at the time of setting, all the branches being well headed back (Fig. 3 and 4). The trees may be trimmed before they are planted, although I prefer to do it just after they are set, especiall}- if the tree is trimmed after the method of Fig. 4, for one can then better esti- mate the proper height, the operation is easier done, and there, is^. 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 Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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