. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. (^Ii?s^ California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. SPKOUT PRUNING. We desire to say a word to orchardists, and all others, about Buckering fruit trees. It is a common practice for persons in summer to go about amongst their trees and cut or break off the sprouts and suckers that are growing out where limbs are not wanted to grow. Now we expostulate. We say don't do it. It is not the right season to trim foliage from the trees, and it cannot be done without
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. (^Ii?s^ California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. SPKOUT PRUNING. We desire to say a word to orchardists, and all others, about Buckering fruit trees. It is a common practice for persons in summer to go about amongst their trees and cut or break off the sprouts and suckers that are growing out where limbs are not wanted to grow. Now we expostulate. We say don't do it. It is not the right season to trim foliage from the trees, and it cannot be done without injury to the vitality of the tree. This is particularly the case with trees that have been heavily pruned, or that were grafted last spring or the year before. Such trees are most likely to throw out a good many shoots from the trunk and limbs, and because such shoots are not wanted to make limbs they are ruthlessly cut away. Our reasons, founded on experi- ence and the most careful observation, are these: The tree needs leaves to absorb nutri- ment from the air and assimulate the same, induce a healthy circulation of the sap, shade the limbs and trunk of the tree, etc., all very important oflBces to the life, health and value of the tree. Nature puts out these shoots from such parts of the tree as are most likely to produce healthy leaves which can most perfectly i:)erform this office. The waste in growing these shoots is very little compared with the (jaiii through them to the rich juices that sustain the tree in vigor and growth. Where you think that these suckers are "sapping," as the saying is, the life from your scions, nip off the outer ends of the suckers only. By checking their rapid growth the sap will naturally flow into such scions or limbs as have not been molested and make them more vigorous; when if you cut away the suckers the sap of the whole tree becomes in a measure stagnated, and an imperfect di- gestion is sure to follow. "Sour sap," w
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