. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 66 TRANSPLANTING. pruned tree, and Fig. 105 the same with the shoots shortened back. Where peach and other trees have been once a year trimmed up to a single stem, while in the nur- sery, the mode of shortening is shown by Figs. 105 and 106. A few experiments only are needed to convince any one of the advantages of thus cutting in the shoots. Some years ago an orchardist carefully transplanted one hundred and eighty apple-trees into good mellow soil.
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 66 TRANSPLANTING. pruned tree, and Fig. 105 the same with the shoots shortened back. Where peach and other trees have been once a year trimmed up to a single stem, while in the nur- sery, the mode of shortening is shown by Figs. 105 and 106. A few experiments only are needed to convince any one of the advantages of thus cutting in the shoots. Some years ago an orchardist carefully transplanted one hundred and eighty apple-trees into good mellow soil. The roots had been cut rather short in digging. One-half had their tops shortened back, so as to leave only one bud of the previous season's wood; the heads of the other half were suffered to remain untouched. The season proved fa- vorable. Of the ninety which had their heads pruned, only two died, and nearly all made fine shoots, many be- ing eighteen inches long. Of the ninety un- pruned, eight died; most of them made but little growth, and none more than six inches. Both the first and second year, the deep green and lux- uriant foliage of the pruned trees afforded a strong contrast with the paler and more feeble appearance of the others. A similar experiment was made with seventy-eight peach-trees, of large size, three years' growth from the bud. One-half were headed back; the rest were. 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 Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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