. The theory and practice of horticulture; or, An attempt to explain the chief operations of gardening upon physiological grounds. other,and so as to form a sharpcone, having the growingpoint in the centre at thebase. As they increase insize the blossom-buds showmore disposition to expandoutwards than to becomeelongated. Although thePlum and Cherry aie inmany respects closely al-lied, yet they differ essen-tially as regards their leaf-buds. In those of thePlum the rudiments of theleaves are rolled up asabove explained; in thoseof the Cherry they aresimply folded. When the stem of astandard Plu
. The theory and practice of horticulture; or, An attempt to explain the chief operations of gardening upon physiological grounds. other,and so as to form a sharpcone, having the growingpoint in the centre at thebase. As they increase insize the blossom-buds showmore disposition to expandoutwards than to becomeelongated. Although thePlum and Cherry aie inmany respects closely al-lied, yet they differ essen-tially as regards their leaf-buds. In those of thePlum the rudiments of theleaves are rolled up asabove explained; in thoseof the Cherry they aresimply folded. When the stem of astandard Plum-tree hasattained sufficient heightlet it be headed back tothree buds above the placefrom whence the lowestlimb is required to pro-ceed. Encourage threeshoots from these upperbuds to grow at full lengthduring the summer; and atthe winter pruning shorteneach of them to about afoot in length. Two shootsfrom each of these three socut back win originate sixprincipal limbs to form thehead. Most cultivated varieties of the Plum have naturally spreading tops,so that the principal care requisite in pruning, after the head has been. Fig. LXXVIII.—Shoots of the Plum-tree. 1, portion of Bhoot one year old. 2, two-years old wood. 3, three-years old , a, a, a, blossom-btida. 6, &, b, b, b, 6, 6, wood-buda. THE PRACTICE OF PRUNING. 889 formed, is to prevent in time any shoots from crossing others, and thinningsuoh as appear likely to cause too much obstruction to light. In forming a trained tree, let the maiden plant be headed back, whenplanted in autumn, to within a foot of the ground. In the ensuing summertrain a shoot on each side, and the one from the uppermost bud this upright one will naturally grow much stronger than the others,and the consequence will be that when all three are headed back at nextwinter pruning the buds on the base of the strongest shoot, that is thecentral one, will produce much stronger shootsthan those on the lower side shoots, which aredestined
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