. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. A Properly Prtjned YoungApple m SUCCESSFUL FARMING early. Those branches in turn should produce not more than two brancheseach for the pcncral frame-work, after which the tree-head may be con-siilercd formed. Later Pruning.—The above work should be completed usually by themiddle of tiie tliird !<;:on. After this the pruning; should bo reduced asmuch as jjossiblo until the troos come into boariiin. A little thinninR outin the dense places, removal of the crossinp; or plainly superfluous limbs,and an occa
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. A Properly Prtjned YoungApple m SUCCESSFUL FARMING early. Those branches in turn should produce not more than two brancheseach for the pcncral frame-work, after which the tree-head may be con-siilercd formed. Later Pruning.—The above work should be completed usually by themiddle of tiie tliird !<;:on. After this the pruning; should bo reduced asmuch as jjossiblo until the troos come into boariiin. A little thinninR outin the dense places, removal of the crossinp; or plainly superfluous limbs,and an occasional heading back of the extra-vigorous braiiclies will be. Apple Ouciiaud Iavoukd nv Tyck ok Soil. sufficient and all that siiould be given if rajiid growth and early friiitingarc desired. The fruit spurs should always be saved and also the early blossoms,unless they Ixicome too numerous, in which case the fruit should be little fertilizing of the right sort will avoid any possible injury from earlyfruiting and the early formation of the bearing habit is usually desirable. In all ])rMning, make the cuts close to the j)arent branch and avoidtrinuning the limbs to jx^les. Also keej) all blighting twigs olT of the mainlimbs, so far as possible, to avoid the formation of the cankers in which thewinter is passed by the blight organisms. Soil Management. -Where tillage is , the most practical •Courtesy of The Macraillan Company. N. Y, From How to Chooeo a Farm, by Hunt. THE POME FRUITS 115 method of orchard development is the use of tilled intercrops followed by awinter cover. Potatoes, corn, vegetables or buckwheat are usuall
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