. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. trimmed. N 133. Second-class appletree, showing leaderat A. 134. Second-classtree, showing leaderat A. 210 SOME SPECIFIC ADVICE leaders. Such whips may look very crooked andscrawny, but they will straighten as they lines in Fig. 135 show where a grape plant should be pruned. Thetop should be cut at aand 1), the upper rootstrimmed off at c andd, and the main rootscut in from e to /. The trees may betrimmed before theyare planted, althoughit is generally better todo it just after the
. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. trimmed. N 133. Second-class appletree, showing leaderat A. 134. Second-classtree, showing leaderat A. 210 SOME SPECIFIC ADVICE leaders. Such whips may look very crooked andscrawny, but they will straighten as they lines in Fig. 135 show where a grape plant should be pruned. Thetop should be cut at aand 1), the upper rootstrimmed off at c andd, and the main rootscut in from e to /. The trees may betrimmed before theyare planted, althoughit is generally better todo it just after theyare set, especially ifthe tree is trimmedafter the method ofFig. 131, for one canthen better estimate theproper height, the ope-ration is easier done,and there is no furtherdanger of breaking off iSr Grape plant, showing where ^hc limbs by the han- it should be pruned. dliug of the tree. One foot is planted firmly atthe base of the tree, and then with one handthe branch to be removed is bent upwards andwith the other the knife is applied to the underside, and the cut is made neatly and easily ( TRIMMING WHEN SETTING 211 for 136). Never cut downwards on a limb,a ragged wound nearly always follows. In fall-set trees it isgenerally inadvisable toprune them before spring(unless the tops are soheavy and the bodies soweak that they are likelyto be injured by wind),because the cut surfacesare likely to dry out. Theroots of the tree are notyet sufficiently establishedin the soil to supply theadded evaporation whichtakes place from thewounds. If it seems to be desirable to trim the trees Avhen they are set, they should l^^- Trimming a newly- be cut back ^^^^^• only part way. They may be cutagain, to fresh wood, in the spring.(Page 96.) Having the general subject now wellin mind, we may consider various par-~~f^^~ ticular questions of practice. The ex- 137. Sliowiug 1 • 1 where to cut ^^^^^ ^^ wlucli cuttiug-back may befhe limbs, desirable in joung trees is gbowu in
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