. California fruits and how to grow them. Fruit culture. Fig. 5. Tendency of clipped branches to rise. treatment. A grower who does not believe in pruning allows the branches to extend too far horizontally, and the weight of the foliage and the early fruiting brings the branches to the ground. To relieve the lower branches of the young tree of a part of this weight will enable them to assume a better direction, and this slight relief at first will prevent much branch-sawing in later years. The young tree as it comes from the nursery usually starts upon an upright course. If stopped at about th
. California fruits and how to grow them. Fruit culture. Fig. 5. Tendency of clipped branches to rise. treatment. A grower who does not believe in pruning allows the branches to extend too far horizontally, and the weight of the foliage and the early fruiting brings the branches to the ground. To relieve the lower branches of the young tree of a part of this weight will enable them to assume a better direction, and this slight relief at first will prevent much branch-sawing in later years. The young tree as it comes from the nursery usually starts upon an upright course. If stopped at about three feet it can be brought along to develop strong and well-arranged branches, much as has been described for deciduous fruit trees in Chapter XII. The adjacent engraving. Fig. i, shows a young tree in planting condition, stopped at three feet and needing only a slight cutting back of the laterals to be ready to begin its or- chard life. If young trees are transplanted short distances and at the right time they do not need so much cutting back as is commonly given them. If allowed to grow from the start shown in Fig. i, pruning only. Fig. 6. Branch form of five-year old tree built down. tree will assume the branch-form shown in Fig. 2 and at from two to three years after planting in the orchard. At about this age the removal of lower branches begins, as they. 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 Wickson, Edward James, 1848- [from old catalog]. San Francisco, The Pacific rural press
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