The California fruits and how to grow them; . first to allow for the natural droopof the branches, and the result is seen in many young trees withslim stems and umbrella-like tops. It is better to develop a stoutstem by allowing for a time a low growth upon it and then raiseit later by removal of the lower growth which has done goodservice and outlived its usefulness. By wise underpruning it ispossible not only to secure a shapely and convenient tree butalso to so train the lower growth that it shall present good, lowbearing wood without groveling in the dust. Unquestionably the drooping habit
The California fruits and how to grow them; . first to allow for the natural droopof the branches, and the result is seen in many young trees withslim stems and umbrella-like tops. It is better to develop a stoutstem by allowing for a time a low growth upon it and then raiseit later by removal of the lower growth which has done goodservice and outlived its usefulness. By wise underpruning it ispossible not only to secure a shapely and convenient tree butalso to so train the lower growth that it shall present good, lowbearing wood without groveling in the dust. Unquestionably the drooping habit of budded orange trees islargely due to their treatment. A grower who does not believein pruning allows the branches to extend too far horizontally. 448 CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM and the weight of the foliage and the early fruiting brings thebranches to the ground. To relieve the lower branches of theyoung tree of a part of this weight will enable them to assumea better direction, and this slight relief at first will prevent much. Fig. 6. Branch form of five-year-oldtree built down. branch-sawing in later years. The young tree as it comes fromthe nursery usually starts upon an upright course. If stoppedat about three feet it can be brought along to develop strongand well-arranged branches, much as has been described fordeciduous fruit trees in Chapter XII. The adjacent engraving,Fig. 1, shows a young tree in planting condition, stopped at threefeet and needing only a slight cutting back of the laterals to beready to begin its orchard life. If young trees are transplanted
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