. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. PEARS 1605 down in the Kieffer and a great many other varieties, and above all the danger of pear blight of this form of tree, make it undesirable in actual practice. Even in case of the natural form, where very little pruning is intended to be done, the writer advocates low heading. The trunk of the fruit tree has lost its function. It is an unn
. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. PEARS 1605 down in the Kieffer and a great many other varieties, and above all the danger of pear blight of this form of tree, make it undesirable in actual practice. Even in case of the natural form, where very little pruning is intended to be done, the writer advocates low heading. The trunk of the fruit tree has lost its function. It is an unnecessary and expensive thing for the tree to construct. It renders the tree more liable to disease, and by ele- vating the top from the ground increases the danger of its being blown over and of the fruit being blown off. Every inch of additional height increases the expense of pruning, spraying, and especially of picking. The trunk of a forest tree forms a very conspicuous part of the tree itself. situated in the open field grow a very short trunk. Oftentimes enormous oaks, with a spread of perhaps 100 feet, have only a few feet of trunk. Orchard trees, which are not only planted in open ground, but are also given proper spac- ing and cultivation, are entirely removed from the struggle for existence which competition and crowding brings about. The trunk of the pear tree, therefore, may be looked upon as entirely super- fluous. In a fruit tree, the part that does the work is the top. In other words, in pear trees we should seek to develop the top as much as possible. The tree carry- ing the greatest amount of foliage and the greatest number of properly placed fruit-bearing branches is the ideal Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lowther, Granville, ed; Worthington, William, 1871-. North Y
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