. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. wm^. .•,^- long trunk. In fact, ./^\ibranches which starthigh from a trunkare very apt to be-come horizontal andto droop. There mustbe a certain numberof main or scaffoldlimbs to form thehead. If these limbsare taken out compar-atively low, they maybe trained in an upright direction and hold theirweight and position. If they are started out veryhigh, they will not take such an upright direction,. Headed-iu plum 198 SOME SPECIFIC ADVICE because the tree will not grow beyond i
. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. wm^. .•,^- long trunk. In fact, ./^\ibranches which starthigh from a trunkare very apt to be-come horizontal andto droop. There mustbe a certain numberof main or scaffoldlimbs to form thehead. If these limbsare taken out compar-atively low, they maybe trained in an upright direction and hold theirweight and position. If they are started out veryhigh, they will not take such an upright direction,. Headed-iu plum 198 SOME SPECIFIC ADVICE because the tree will not grow beyond its normalstature. High-trained trees are often practicallylowest-headed. Tillage is as easy about such atree as Fig. 124 as about one like Fig. 125; and
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