Agriculture for beginners . *^c^*i^i Fig. 74 Correct shape 84 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS Cutting an end bud of a shoot or branch ahvays sends thenourishment and growth into the side buds. Trimming orpinching off the side buds throws the growth into the endbud. You can therefore cause your tree to take almost anyshape you desire. The difference between the trees shown inFigs. T^ and 74 is entirely the result of pruning. Fig. 74illustrates in general a correctly shaped tree. It is evenlybalanced, admits light freely, and yet has enough foliage to. Fig. 75 Unthinned w|tdl*fc¥;;;: Fig. 76 Properly
Agriculture for beginners . *^c^*i^i Fig. 74 Correct shape 84 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS Cutting an end bud of a shoot or branch ahvays sends thenourishment and growth into the side buds. Trimming orpinching off the side buds throws the growth into the endbud. You can therefore cause your tree to take almost anyshape you desire. The difference between the trees shown inFigs. T^ and 74 is entirely the result of pruning. Fig. 74illustrates in general a correctly shaped tree. It is evenlybalanced, admits light freely, and yet has enough foliage to. Fig. 75 Unthinned w|tdl*fc¥;;;: Fig. 76 Properly thinned prevent sun-scald. Figs, 75 and y^ show the effect ofwisel} thinning the branches. The best time to prune is either in the winter or be-fore the buds start in the spring. Winter pruning tends tofavor wood-production, while summer pruning lessens wood-production and induces fruitage. Each particular kind of fruit requires special pruning; forexample, the peach should be made to assume the shapeillustrated in Fig. ]]. This is done by successive trim-mings, following the plan illustrated in Figs. 71, 78, 79. Youwill gain several advantages from these trimmings. First, HOW TO R_\ISE A FRUIT TREE 85 nourishment will be forced into the peach bud that you set onvour stock. This will secure a \igorous growth of the a second trimming take off the heel (Fig. 78, //) closeto the tree, and thus prevent decay at this point. One yearafter budding you should reduce thetree to a whip, as in Fig. 79, bytrimming at the dotted line in Fi
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