. Commercial apple growing in California. Apples. o- O—o-<3- .©-O"0-O-0 CROSS SLOPE. Fig. 2. Planting arrangements for sloping land. crotches for the scaffold branches arising from the trunk are most likely to be (lc\eloped if the main stem is headed back in two steps ("double-heading"). At planting, trees are headed about 6 inches higher than the ultimate height of head desired. After the trees are growing, and when the topmost shoots are 4 to 6 inches long, the trees are headed again at about 6 inches below the earlier cut. Branches with the sharpest crotch-angles are usual
. Commercial apple growing in California. Apples. o- O—o-<3- .©-O"0-O-0 CROSS SLOPE. Fig. 2. Planting arrangements for sloping land. crotches for the scaffold branches arising from the trunk are most likely to be (lc\eloped if the main stem is headed back in two steps ("double-heading"). At planting, trees are headed about 6 inches higher than the ultimate height of head desired. After the trees are growing, and when the topmost shoots are 4 to 6 inches long, the trees are headed again at about 6 inches below the earlier cut. Branches with the sharpest crotch-angles are usually formed toward the top of the stem near the point at which the tree was first headed. Lower branches normally begin growth at a wider, more desirable angle to the trunk than do the branches above them. Once started in growth at a wide angle to the trunk, the branches maintain that angle even after the branches above them are removed at the second heading. With double-heading the topmost branches with the sharp crotch-angles are removed, leaving the lower ones with wider crotch-angles from which scaffold branches can later be selected. Figure 3 shows a tree on which double- heading was practiced. Figure 4 shows a single-headed tree. The cluster of sharp- [6]. 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 Koch, E. C. (Edward C. ), 1914-1992; Alderman, DeForest Charles, 1914-; Brown, Dillon S. , 1912-1998. [Berkeley, Calif. ] : Division of Agricultural Sciences, University of California
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