. C. M. Hobbs & Sons : hardy fruits, ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, vines, roses, perennials, hedge plants. Nurseries Horticulture Catalogs; Evergreens Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Climbing plants Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs. C. M. HOBBS & SONS, BRIDGEPORT, INDIANA 47 trunk: and whenever it is done, the wound should be carefully pared smooth and a coating of paint or grafting wax applied to protect it from the action of the weather. After the removal of lower branches until the head has reached the desired height, the only pruning needed i
. C. M. Hobbs & Sons : hardy fruits, ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, vines, roses, perennials, hedge plants. Nurseries Horticulture Catalogs; Evergreens Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Climbing plants Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs. C. M. HOBBS & SONS, BRIDGEPORT, INDIANA 47 trunk: and whenever it is done, the wound should be carefully pared smooth and a coating of paint or grafting wax applied to protect it from the action of the weather. After the removal of lower branches until the head has reached the desired height, the only pruning needed is to remove such branches as are crossing or interfering with each other; and to keep the head in symmet- rical shape and well open to the sun and air. Trees should receive proper shape by judicious prun- ing and attention early in the spring of each year while they are young, and very little pruning will be needed afterward, trees are to be and trained for purposes and manner, the will find ful-1. When pruned specific in a special orchardist directions in Improperly plant- ed, sure to die. Top left without Pruning and Roots crowded together. Properly planted, sure to live. Top Properly Pruned and cut back, and Roots Spread out. the standard works on horticulture, which may be read with great benefit and followed with success, but are beyond the scope of an ordinary catalog. Grape Vines require a dry, mellow, well- drained soil, deeply worked and well enriched with a warm, sunny exposure. In planting give the roots plenty of room and settle the soil firmly about them. A strong vine may be allow- ed to grow the first season without pruning; in November or December, following, the growth should be cut back to three or four buds: the next season allow but two buds to grow, which should make canes seven to ten feet long and be cut back to four or five feet the following winter, ready for fastening to the trellis. For subsequent pruning of vines as well as trees planters would do we
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