. Successful fruit culture; a practical guide to the cultivation and propagation of fruits. Fruit-culture. 38 SUCCESSlfUL IHUIT CULTURE 1. To improve the form of trees that become one- sided from the influence of prevailing winds or other causes, they should be pruned at the ends of the branches, shortening in those that are outgrowing their neighbors. Cut- ting off end shoots tends to an increased growth of the lateral branches and a close head; too much head- ing in may be done, but more orchardists prune too much from the inside and too Figure 4 shows a perfectly Figure 8 shows a. Fie. 20—D
. Successful fruit culture; a practical guide to the cultivation and propagation of fruits. Fruit-culture. 38 SUCCESSlfUL IHUIT CULTURE 1. To improve the form of trees that become one- sided from the influence of prevailing winds or other causes, they should be pruned at the ends of the branches, shortening in those that are outgrowing their neighbors. Cut- ting off end shoots tends to an increased growth of the lateral branches and a close head; too much head- ing in may be done, but more orchardists prune too much from the inside and too Figure 4 shows a perfectly Figure 8 shows a. Fie. 20—Drooping Branches II little from the outside formed tree twenty-five years old perfectly formed tree twelve years old, pruned; Figure 9 the same in bloom. 2. If we insist on training our trees high enough to enable the team to drive close up to the base, the cutting of large branches from the main trunk is sometimes necessary; but this result may generally be avoided by cutting the drooping ends as in Figure 20, a a, at the dotted lines. If large branches must be cut off, the cut should be made at dotted line i. Figure 21, and not on line a. As has been pre- viously stated, the practice of many of the best orchardists is to train the trees low and depend upon the modem orchard harrows to keep the land cultivated imder them. / Pig. 21—Manner of Cut- ting Large Branchea. 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 Maynard, Samuel T. (Samuel Taylor), 1844-. New York, Orange Judd company
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