The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ength than the majority of the branchesof tho same tier, or if the whole are too long, theymust be shortened in the case of trees intended fortimber, after they are at aud above 15 feet in rule of shortening the branches of the new tiermust also be applied to the undermost tiers ofbranches. In this manner all the under branches ofany importance will have been shortened, whichprepares them for the next operation. After tho trees are about 15 feet in height, the spreading nature, such as the
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ength than the majority of the branchesof tho same tier, or if the whole are too long, theymust be shortened in the case of trees intended fortimber, after they are at aud above 15 feet in rule of shortening the branches of the new tiermust also be applied to the undermost tiers ofbranches. In this manner all the under branches ofany importance will have been shortened, whichprepares them for the next operation. After tho trees are about 15 feet in height, the spreading nature, such as the Oak, Beech, and others ;but no branch, wherever it is situated, is to be cut offclose to the stem, until such branch has become one ofthe lowermost tier. In this mode of shortening thebranches, it will be sceu that the tree will at all timespresent a head of nearly a conical form, and advantageshould also be taken when shortening to reducesuch branches, the pruuiug of which will balance thetree be3t, and produce the proper shape of the top ;but in shortening the branches, too much should. Fig. 34.—l^elio-cattleya x decia alua : segments, white; up, (., veined with silver, (SEE P. 120.) a tree is a simple one ; it is done in a moment by thepruner casting his eye over the whole tree, anddetecting the branches which require to be shortened,and, as a general rule, when it is found that anybranch has a greater growth upon it than tho leadingshoot, it should bu shortened by cutting off as muchus will reduce it to half tho length uf the leading? hoot, or even less. By this I mean any branch whichis neither of greater thickness generally, nor near itsjunction with the main stem of the tree than theleading Bhoot is at the same distance from its topAnd as trees produce only one regular tier of branchesin each year, any branch should be shortened which undermost tier of branches only should all be cut offclose to the stem in one year. lu the subsequentyear another tier of branc
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