. Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket. Fruit-culture. FIG. Ill CUT NOT SO off any suckers which may grow from base of trunk. Do this at any time. When cutting off fair-size limbs, saw the underside of the limb about one-third of the way through, or till the saw begins to pinch, and then saw on top about one-half inch from the undercut; and when sawed almost to the undercut the limb will break off and not peel down the side of the tree. (See illustrations, Figs. Ill and IV.) Then continue the top cut so as to leave no stub. Root-pruning is sometimes practised,
. Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket. Fruit-culture. FIG. Ill CUT NOT SO off any suckers which may grow from base of trunk. Do this at any time. When cutting off fair-size limbs, saw the underside of the limb about one-third of the way through, or till the saw begins to pinch, and then saw on top about one-half inch from the undercut; and when sawed almost to the undercut the limb will break off and not peel down the side of the tree. (See illustrations, Figs. Ill and IV.) Then continue the top cut so as to leave no stub. Root-pruning is sometimes practised, FIG. IV . r cut so the object being to check the growth of a vigorous tree (which is old enough to bear, but which refuses to do so), and thus favor the develop- ment of fruit buds. This operation is seldom neces- sary, however, and few orchardists ever attempt it. Pruning a neglected old orchard is often a puzzling job. To do the work right, a vast amount of wood must come off, and, consequently, the average primer is likely to remove too much, thus doing more harm than good. Here's a good rule for such cases : Do the job in three installments — one each year—and no installment unduly heavy. Keep all pruning tools sharp. Prune annually but not heavily. Never allow stock to prune your trees. Heavy pruning conduces to wood THIS MAX IS MAKING THE MISTAKE OF LEAVING A STUB. 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia : W. Atkinson Co.
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