[Fruit culture] . results with smaller trees and possibly a somewhat largernumber of them per acre. 35. Of the low-headed trees there are two forms, thepyramidal-lieaded, in which the tree has a central leaderas shown in Fig. 3 (a), and the open-headed, as shown in(&). In the p5rramidal form, as will be seen in the illustration,the main stem, or trunk, extends to the top of the tree and sidebranches thrown off from it make up the head. In a tree ofthe open-headed form the head is formed from four or five. 24 §5 APPLE CULTURE 25 of the lower side branches, the main stem being cut of£ abovethe u
[Fruit culture] . results with smaller trees and possibly a somewhat largernumber of them per acre. 35. Of the low-headed trees there are two forms, thepyramidal-lieaded, in which the tree has a central leaderas shown in Fig. 3 (a), and the open-headed, as shown in(&). In the p5rramidal form, as will be seen in the illustration,the main stem, or trunk, extends to the top of the tree and sidebranches thrown off from it make up the head. In a tree ofthe open-headed form the head is formed from four or five. 24 §5 APPLE CULTURE 25 of the lower side branches, the main stem being cut of£ abovethe uppermost branch. The advantages claimed for the pyramidal-headed treewith a central leader over the open-headed tree are: (1) thelimbs are smaller in proportion to the body of the tree and are,therefore, less liable to split down when they break off; (2) ifone is broken off, it is only a small part of the tree and there istherefore less injury than would be the case if a limb of anopen-headed tree were broken off; (3) the limbs are also shorterand not so badly bent under a load of fruit; (4) the body ofthe tree and main limbs are in a measure protected from thedirect rays of the sun and thus not so likely to suffer from sunscald in winter; (5) if the tree is neglected for a year or two,smaller injury results than with the open-headed tree. There are some distinct disadvantages, however, with thisform of head. These are: (1) it is very difficult to maintainthe central leader after the tree gets o
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