. The California fruits and how to grow them. act length which these future main branchesshould be left at the first pruning. The engraving on the pre-ceding page shows a tree with four main branches after its firstpruning ; in this case the branches are left rather long. If, during the first summers growth, all shoots except thenumber desired to form the head have been pinched back, thefirst winter pruning consists only in cutting back the mainbranches. If laterals have grown on the parts of these brancheswhich are to be left on the tree, they should be cut back to abud or two. This is better
. The California fruits and how to grow them. act length which these future main branchesshould be left at the first pruning. The engraving on the pre-ceding page shows a tree with four main branches after its firstpruning ; in this case the branches are left rather long. If, during the first summers growth, all shoots except thenumber desired to form the head have been pinched back, thefirst winter pruning consists only in cutting back the mainbranches. If laterals have grown on the parts of these brancheswhich are to be left on the tree, they should be cut back to abud or two. This is better than removing them entirely, for thenext summer they will be pinched, after throwing out a (qwleaves to shade and thicken the branches, just as the short growths left the previous summer serve the main stem. Second Pruning.—During thesecond summer it is usual to allowtwo main branches to grow fromeach of the main branches left at theprevious winter pruning, and to pinchoff all others as described. Thesemain branches are allowed to run out.
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