. Beginners' guide to fruit growing : a simple statement of the elementary practices of propagation, planting, culture, fertilization, pruning, spraying, etc. Fruit-culture. PRUNING 67 good practice, as nearly as it can be stated, is shown in the following table: HEIGHT FOR HEADING YOUNG TREES Kind of Fruit Standard apple 10 Dwarf apple Pear Dwarf pear Peach Plum Quince Minimum Best Maximum ID 18-24 48 3 8-14 24 10 18-24 48 4 10-16 36 3 8-12 36 3 8-12 36 3 8-12 24. FIG. 39—HIGH-HEADED PEACH Clean vigorous one-year-old trees (which are best) should be headed to one clean straight stub. Two-year
. Beginners' guide to fruit growing : a simple statement of the elementary practices of propagation, planting, culture, fertilization, pruning, spraying, etc. Fruit-culture. PRUNING 67 good practice, as nearly as it can be stated, is shown in the following table: HEIGHT FOR HEADING YOUNG TREES Kind of Fruit Standard apple 10 Dwarf apple Pear Dwarf pear Peach Plum Quince Minimum Best Maximum ID 18-24 48 3 8-14 24 10 18-24 48 4 10-16 36 3 8-12 36 3 8-12 36 3 8-12 24. FIG. 39—HIGH-HEADED PEACH Clean vigorous one-year-old trees (which are best) should be headed to one clean straight stub. Two-year-old apple or pear trees should have the side branches cut to spurs of one to three 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 Waugh, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1869-1943. New York : Orange Judd Company
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