Bulletin . Keiflerpear before pruning. Same tree after pruning PRUNING THE PEAR The same system, as explained for the apple, is used in trainingyoung pear trees. From four to six main branches are employed inbuilding the tree. If the trees have a tendency toward extreme up-right growth, it maybe more difficult to spread them out. However,a constant heading-in of the upward growing shoots, cutting to out-side buds and outward-pointing laterals will do as much as can be doneto open up the tree. As the pear is less twiggy in its growth and there is less desirefor sunlight for the of colo
Bulletin . Keiflerpear before pruning. Same tree after pruning PRUNING THE PEAR The same system, as explained for the apple, is used in trainingyoung pear trees. From four to six main branches are employed inbuilding the tree. If the trees have a tendency toward extreme up-right growth, it maybe more difficult to spread them out. However,a constant heading-in of the upward growing shoots, cutting to out-side buds and outward-pointing laterals will do as much as can be doneto open up the tree. As the pear is less twiggy in its growth and there is less desirefor sunlight for the of coloring the fruit, less thinning has tobe done. In bearing trees, the branches which are growing too highand especialy those in the center will have to be cut back continuallyto laterals. The outer branches, especially in such varieties as theKieffer, tend to bend over and to open up the tree due to the weight 15 of the fruit carried. Severe pruning of the pear should not be at-tempted except in unusual circum
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