. Bulletin . well spaced water sprouts to grow. They can be cut back tosuppress extremely vigorous growth and to cause branching atproper places, after which the pruning should be the same as forthe rest of the tree. Pruning for Shape of Tree.—Quite commonly a grower who isdealing with young bearing trees worries a lot about them, becausethey seem to be growing too tall. Frequently he does not realizethat a good crop of fruit will bend the limbs down so that thetrouble is corrected naturally and at the same time fruit of high 23 quality is produced. Depend entirely on thinning to keep a treelo
. Bulletin . well spaced water sprouts to grow. They can be cut back tosuppress extremely vigorous growth and to cause branching atproper places, after which the pruning should be the same as forthe rest of the tree. Pruning for Shape of Tree.—Quite commonly a grower who isdealing with young bearing trees worries a lot about them, becausethey seem to be growing too tall. Frequently he does not realizethat a good crop of fruit will bend the limbs down so that thetrouble is corrected naturally and at the same time fruit of high 23 quality is produced. Depend entirely on thinning to keep a treelow. This allows the lower branches to keep up with the upperones and produces continued f ruitf ulness. After bearing several fruit crops, the lower branches mat to-gether and present a problem in thinning-out pruning. If thispruning is not done much of the low wood becomes weak, andunder-vigorous. In pruning, the weaker, lower, and inner woodis removed. Trees are preferably pruned so that when the branches. Fig. 14.—Bearing apple tree before the annual pruning. A general light thinning-out pruning with cuts well distributed is needed. No large corrective cuts are necessary as main branches are well spaced. Several water sprouts need to be removed from the center of the tree. carry a crop the lower ones are nearly on the ground. Branchesthat are too low can be cut off and where they are so long that theirends droop on the ground, they can be cut back to strong laterals ofthe upward type. Such pruning removes the weak wood and invig-orates the remaining wood. Rejuvenating Old Trees.—Sometimes in a neglected orchardthe lower limbs are dwarfed and eventually killed from lack ofpruning. The top limbs continue growth unhampered. Under such 24 conditions the tree becomes too tall. If the lower limbs have beendwarfed but not killed, it is possible that the trees may be profitablylowered. Tall top branches can be headed back to strong sidebranches. Care must be taken that such a p
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