. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 68 BETTER FRUIT Peccmber. A block of Yellow Newtowns and a pair of Red Cheeks The Newtowns are budded and the Red Cheeks "just growed" WE HAVE NO RED CHEEKS TO OFFER but we have a fine'^lot of Newtown Spitzenberg Ortley and other leading varieties to offer direct to planters, less agents' commission. Our trees are all grown from buds selected from bearing trees and are guaranteed true- to-name. WRITE FOR PRICES TO TRUE-TO-NAME NURSREY PHONE, 2002K duction in young trees is easily elimi- nated by pruning. Next to thorough cultivation there is nothin
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 68 BETTER FRUIT Peccmber. A block of Yellow Newtowns and a pair of Red Cheeks The Newtowns are budded and the Red Cheeks "just growed" WE HAVE NO RED CHEEKS TO OFFER but we have a fine'^lot of Newtown Spitzenberg Ortley and other leading varieties to offer direct to planters, less agents' commission. Our trees are all grown from buds selected from bearing trees and are guaranteed true- to-name. WRITE FOR PRICES TO TRUE-TO-NAME NURSREY PHONE, 2002K duction in young trees is easily elimi- nated by pruning. Next to thorough cultivation there is nothing which is more vital to the life of a tree than this one thing. It is difhcult to lay down specific rules on this point, but there are basic ones which can generally be observed in the handling of most deciduous trees, with some exceptions. After a tree is set never fail to cut it back. This is now the general prac- tice among the most successful orchard- ists throughout California, and is the result of years of experience. The following winter from three to four branches, properly distributed around the body of the tree, should be allowed to remain to form the head, and each one of these branches should have at least one-half of its growth removed, cutting away all laterals from them also. These leaders will eventually form the framework of the tree. Above all things do not shorten in a lateral O. W. Butts Wholesale Fruits and Commission Strawberries and Apples Our Specialty A strong house—Pioneer dealer of thirty years' experience OMAHA, NEBRASKA starting near the terminal point of any of the branches unless you wish to have a hideous crook in your tree. It is a great mistake to think that unless these small laterals are allowed to remain the tree will not start. The result of the first year's pruning will cause the trees to make an immense growth, and will also induce them to grow stocky. The second winter heavy thinning will have to be followed, and the pruning should be
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