. Principles of plant culture : an elementary treatise designed as a text-book for beginners in agriculture and horticulture. Horticulture; Botany. 248 Principles of Plant Culture. and less closelj' to the supporting member, it is not so de- sirable for general pruning as the pruning knife. It is. how- ever, excellent for cutting cions (386), and making euttings- (358). The form shown in the figure is perhaps the best one extant. The Tiedge shears (Fig. 167) is especially useful for pruning hedges. The lever shears (Fig. 168) is useful for cutting off sprouts about the base of trees. The pole
. Principles of plant culture : an elementary treatise designed as a text-book for beginners in agriculture and horticulture. Horticulture; Botany. 248 Principles of Plant Culture. and less closelj' to the supporting member, it is not so de- sirable for general pruning as the pruning knife. It is. how- ever, excellent for cutting cions (386), and making euttings- (358). The form shown in the figure is perhaps the best one extant. The Tiedge shears (Fig. 167) is especially useful for pruning hedges. The lever shears (Fig. 168) is useful for cutting off sprouts about the base of trees. The pole shears (Fig. 169) is useful for cutting back the shoots of trees, and for removing sap sprouts (224) from the branches of tall fruit trees, though for this pur- pose, it has the fault of the. Fig. 170. Fig. 168. Fig. 169. Fig. 168. Lever shears, (much reduced). Fig. 169. Pole shears. The wire connects with a lever not shown in the figure, p 1 U n 1 n g pj^ j^u Raspberry hook. The handle should be shears in not cut- about three feet long. ting suflScientlj' close to the branch. It should not be used for shoots much exceeding one-half inch in diameter. The raspberry hook (Fig, 170) is used for cutting off the dead fruiting canes of the raspberry and blackberry. The cutting part is made of a rod of good steel, five-sixteentha inch in diameter, flattened and curved as shown, with a moderately thin edge on the concave side of the 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 Goff, E. S. (Emmett Stull), 1852-1902. Madison, Wis. : E. S. Goff
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