. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. OREGON 1513 greater quantity of marketable fruit, and that is our principal object in pruning. The problem is how much to cut out and still keep the tree in full bearing. As to shape, we prune for a low, open head, rounding the top to somewhat of an umbrella shape. As the prevailing winds here during the growing season are from the northwest, the
. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. OREGON 1513 greater quantity of marketable fruit, and that is our principal object in pruning. The problem is how much to cut out and still keep the tree in full bearing. As to shape, we prune for a low, open head, rounding the top to somewhat of an umbrella shape. As the prevailing winds here during the growing season are from the northwest, the tendency of the young branches is to "drift" to the southeast, and unless the tree is given an "upright" training it will soon be leaning very badly. This we do by cut- ting off the "outside" surplus branches on the south side of the tree and leaving them on the north side, pruning out the inner branches. We do no summer pruning as a rule, except when made necessary by the pres- ence of blight. One man is kept busy patrolling the orchard for blight from about April 15 to August 15, cutting off all affected limbs from twelve to eighteen inches below where the infection is dis- cernible and immediately taking these blighted limbs out of the orchard and burning them. When the large limbs or trunk of the. Hillcrest Orchard. Showing Clean 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 Lowther, Granville, ed; Worthington, William, 1871-. North Yakima, Wash. , The Encyclopedia of Horticulture Corporation
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