The principles of fruit-growing . \(. Fig. 23. Yearling peach tree. Fig. 24. Peach tree, pruned. dormant buds upon the main trunk or low down inthe crotches, must take up the work, and these startslowly and often feebly. Trimming the Young Plant. 249 There are two general methods of trimming thetops of young trees at planting time. One methodcuts back all the branches to spurs of from one tothree buds; or sometimes, particularly with dwarfpears set when two years old, the side branches maybe cut entirely away, leaving only the buds on themain stem or trunk. The tree, therefore, feathersout the
The principles of fruit-growing . \(. Fig. 23. Yearling peach tree. Fig. 24. Peach tree, pruned. dormant buds upon the main trunk or low down inthe crotches, must take up the work, and these startslowly and often feebly. Trimming the Young Plant. 249 There are two general methods of trimming thetops of young trees at planting time. One methodcuts back all the branches to spurs of from one tothree buds; or sometimes, particularly with dwarfpears set when two years old, the side branches maybe cut entirely away, leaving only the buds on themain stem or trunk. The tree, therefore, feathersout the first season; that is, it makes many smallshoots along the main trunk. The following fall orspring, the top is started at the desired 23 shows a peach tree as received from thenursery, and Fig. 24 the same tree, trimmed in thismanner, ready for planting. This method is the onegenerally best adapted to the peach, which is alwaysset when a year old; but for other fruits, unlessthe trees are slender and without good, branch
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