Archive image from page 8 of Descriptive catalogue of trees and. Descriptive catalogue of trees and plants, grown at the Walworth Nurseries descriptivecatal1877tgye Year: 1877 In resjjonse to a vast number of inqniries from interested persons as to the mode of Pruning Dwarf Pear Trees, and to enable me to fur- nish a convenient and ready reply to those who shall make such inquiry, I will here give some specific directions in reference thereto, which, if well followed, it is believed will enable persons without practical experience, to wholly avoid the principal cause of a large share the fail
Archive image from page 8 of Descriptive catalogue of trees and. Descriptive catalogue of trees and plants, grown at the Walworth Nurseries descriptivecatal1877tgye Year: 1877 In resjjonse to a vast number of inqniries from interested persons as to the mode of Pruning Dwarf Pear Trees, and to enable me to fur- nish a convenient and ready reply to those who shall make such inquiry, I will here give some specific directions in reference thereto, which, if well followed, it is believed will enable persons without practical experience, to wholly avoid the principal cause of a large share the failures of Dwarfs, viz : a want of thorough pruning. Experience has convinced me, that with good trees, of well chosen varieties, on any good land which is never too wet, and with the cul- ture a good farmer gives his other crops, and the important—nay more, the indispensable requisite to success—thorough pruning no one need fail of attaining a degree of success highly satisfactory and profitable. A Dwarf Pear Tree should never be planted at one year old. A good one year old tree consists of a single upright shoot or stem, from three and one-half to five feet high, and should be cut off at about two feet from the ground ; and in order to give a smooth, handsome stem or trunk, let the buds be rubbed off, to the height of one foot from the ground, leaving on the upper portion six to nine buds, more or less; with the tree standing in its original position in full vigor, and cut back, as above stated, each one of these buds will throw out a good strong branch, which gives a full, round distaff form to the tree, and is the time and manner, and the onlv time when that desirable
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