The California fruits and how to grow them; a manual of methods which have yielded greatest success, with the lists of varieties best adapted to the different districts of the state . th well-strengthened supports. It has been found that this many-branching form, developedupon a few main branches well placed upon the trunk, gives astronger tree than can be had by growing a considerable number ofleaders, all starting from near the point where the tree was headedat planting. Such leaders crowd each 9ther at the point of emer-gence from the stem, and when laden with fruit, sway outward andbreak o
The California fruits and how to grow them; a manual of methods which have yielded greatest success, with the lists of varieties best adapted to the different districts of the state . th well-strengthened supports. It has been found that this many-branching form, developedupon a few main branches well placed upon the trunk, gives astronger tree than can be had by growing a considerable number ofleaders, all starting from near the point where the tree was headedat planting. Such leaders crowd each 9ther at the point of emer-gence from the stem, and when laden with fruit, sway outward andbreak out at this point. A vastly stronger tree is secured by start-ing but four or five branches from the low trunk and letting thememerge from dififerent sides of the stem, and at different each main attachment to the stem has abundant room, and thewood enlarges symmetrically and solidly. The expansion of the topis attained by the branching which follows the cutting back of suc-ceeding years. Starting branches from nearly the same level on thestem has been the occasion of great losses of overladen trees, andquite a considerable recourse to strengthening up weak trees by. >*aj^
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