[Fruit culture] . as repressive pruning. It is accomplished by cuttingback new growth and may or may not be accompanied bythinning out the branches. Repressive pruning is commonlypracticed on plants that bear,fruit toward the extremities ofnew growth, such as the peach, raspberry, blackberry, andgrape. If this style of pruning is not practiced on such treesas the peach, the limbs are very likely to become long and tobreak under a heavy load of fruit and the trees will occupymore space in an orchard than is necessary or desirable for themto occupy. Repressive pruning results in a stocky, strong
[Fruit culture] . as repressive pruning. It is accomplished by cuttingback new growth and may or may not be accompanied bythinning out the branches. Repressive pruning is commonlypracticed on plants that bear,fruit toward the extremities ofnew growth, such as the peach, raspberry, blackberry, andgrape. If this style of pruning is not practiced on such treesas the peach, the limbs are very likely to become long and tobreak under a heavy load of fruit and the trees will occupymore space in an orchard than is necessary or desirable for themto occupy. Repressive pruning results in a stocky, strong treeor plant, prevents limbs from breaking down with fruit, keeps 42 ESSENTIALS OF FRUIT CULTURE §1 the trees within desired limits, causes the fruit to be producedwhere it can be picked easily, and produces plants and treesthat are easily sprayed. TOOLS AND MATERIALS FOR PRUNING TOOLS FOR PRUNING 38. The tools to be used in pruning operations dependsomewhat on the character of the plant to be pruned. For small. Fig. 22 plants such as grape and berry plant, whose parts are flexible,shears are most largely employed. For young orchard treeswhose branches are small, the pruning knife is preferred by most fruit growers. For old orchardtrees where large limbs or diseasedparts are to be removed, the pruningsaws are indispensable. Ladders mayalso be necessary in the case of treesthat have reached large size. 39. Pruning Shears.—The shears most commonly used in pru-ning operations are hand shears of thetype shown in Fig. 22. The shearsillustrated have a ratchet nut on theside, ^ device that prevents the cut-ting part from binding or from becom-ing loose. In different shears thereare often slight differences in the kindof spring between the handles and theattachment for fastening the handles together while the imple-ments are not being used. For the pruning of mature trees,such implements as are shown in Fig. 23 are often found to be
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