. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. 234 pinched will start and grow again. In such cases another pinching must be performed within an inch of the previ- ous one. As a gen- eral thing, this will be sufficient; but if not, a third must be given in the same way ; for if they be allowed to extend into wood branches, they will require knife-pruning, and create confusion among all parts of the tree. A very general error in con- ducting trees of this kind, and in- deed all others, is to allow the bi-anches to be too close to each other, so that when they come to bear, the wood, foli- age, and frui
. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. 234 pinched will start and grow again. In such cases another pinching must be performed within an inch of the previ- ous one. As a gen- eral thing, this will be sufficient; but if not, a third must be given in the same way ; for if they be allowed to extend into wood branches, they will require knife-pruning, and create confusion among all parts of the tree. A very general error in con- ducting trees of this kind, and in- deed all others, is to allow the bi-anches to be too close to each other, so that when they come to bear, the wood, foli- age, and fruit, on the interior, are so ex- cluded from the air and light that they all suiFer. The fruit is imperfect, and the spurs become feeble, and gradually per- ish. The tree has now two branched sections, each fi-om twelve inches to two feet, as the case may be, and with. 112. Pear-tree four years old, tlirce times pruned; cross-linea indicate the fourth prniiiiis; will now be in a bearing 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 Barry, Patrick, 1816-1890. New York, Orange Judd Co.
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