. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. ars old: 1. Ivxaniine critically the head of the tree. It should have three tosix main branches and no shaii) forLs. 2. Shorten leaders that are running too high. Only ver> high leadersthat throw the tree out of shape, or such as have made an cxcei)tionallylong growth the i)ast season, need to be cut back. 3. C\it out bad (sharp) forks on all main l)ranches. 4. Save all small shoots. 5. Take out only very large cros-singbranches. 6. Prune strong-growing trees less andweak-growing ones more. In pruning these fruits,
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. ars old: 1. Ivxaniine critically the head of the tree. It should have three tosix main branches and no shaii) forLs. 2. Shorten leaders that are running too high. Only ver> high leadersthat throw the tree out of shape, or such as have made an cxcei)tionallylong growth the i)ast season, need to be cut back. 3. C\it out bad (sharp) forks on all main l)ranches. 4. Save all small shoots. 5. Take out only very large cros-singbranches. 6. Prune strong-growing trees less andweak-growing ones more. In pruning these fruits, especially the peach, a large i)air of hand shears will be found most satisfactory. A ten-inch jiair of the French wheel-sjiring shears will lie found equal to almost any emergency, and much of the work can be done more rapidly with shears than with a saw. The o])erator will need a saw, however, f(jr the heavier work and one of the following dimensions Avill be found very satisfactory: Length 20 inches Width at butt 2, Width at point j .Seven and one-half teeth per Pruning Tools. A—Waters —PruriiiiK —T\v<)-<-dnirii>d. Diseases, Insects and Spraying.—Since the matter of disejisesand insects has been treated fully in the general chapters on thesesubjects, it is necessary here only to give a very brief sununarj- of thesubject. STONE FRUITS 133 Among fungous diseases, the following are deserving of specialcons
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