The California fruits and how to grow them; . Fig. 1. Fig. Fig. 2. Fig. 3. 408 CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM When the young tree has attained some height, it is the practice to cut offthe top, so that the main stem shall be about four and a half feet in richsoil, or three feet in poor soil or in locations exposed to strong winds. Sixor eight branches are left to form the head. The process of shaping thetree then proceeds, as shown in the engravings. Fig. i shows the youngtree to be cut off at the point marked by the dotted line C Six branches,three on each side, are left, and the low
The California fruits and how to grow them; . Fig. 1. Fig. Fig. 2. Fig. 3. 408 CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM When the young tree has attained some height, it is the practice to cut offthe top, so that the main stem shall be about four and a half feet in richsoil, or three feet in poor soil or in locations exposed to strong winds. Sixor eight branches are left to form the head. The process of shaping thetree then proceeds, as shown in the engravings. Fig. i shows the youngtree to be cut off at the point marked by the dotted line C Six branches,three on each side, are left, and the lower twigs shortened. Each of thebranches left develops, during the year, as the one shown in Fig. 2, which isthen cut at C again, and the shoots B and D are shortened. This process startsout the upf)er shoot, and it appears the following year as A in Fig. 3, and it isagain cut at C. This causes the two upper shoots to develop, and at the endof the year they appear as shown at BB in Fig. 4. Thus they stand at thefourth years pruning, and each of them is cut at
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