. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. be cut-back most,retaining as near as may be the j)yramidal form. Pruningmay be done at any time from November to April. These trees, sliowu in Figs. 197 and 198, startout with a pyramidal treatment, but as they ma-ture, they approach the form shown in Fig. 196 ;and the Yeomans trees are now not over twelvefeet high, although nearly fifty years old. Other illustrations may elucidate some of theways of treating dwarf pears. Fig. 199 is atree at the end of its first seasons growth inthe orcha
. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. be cut-back most,retaining as near as may be the j)yramidal form. Pruningmay be done at any time from November to April. These trees, sliowu in Figs. 197 and 198, startout with a pyramidal treatment, but as they ma-ture, they approach the form shown in Fig. 196 ;and the Yeomans trees are now not over twelvefeet high, although nearly fifty years old. Other illustrations may elucidate some of theways of treating dwarf pears. Fig. 199 is atree at the end of its first seasons growth inthe orchard. The forks near the ends of thebranches show where it was cut at plantingtime. Fig. 200 shows the way in which it wasagain pruned. A dwarf pear three years set is shown in The top was started wrong,—with only twobranches and these in the form of a crotch. Dwarf PearS 277 When pruned (Fig*. 202) two sprouts were tree will now have four scaffold branches ;but it will never be a model tree. A low-branching Duchess dwarf pear is shownin Fig. 203. This variety is a narrow and tall. 199. Dwarf pear at end offirst year in the orchard. 200. The treepruned. grower when young. It has a well-marked leaderand several scaffold limbs. It is pruned inFig. 204. This will make a good tree. The pruning of dwarf apples is essentiallylike that advised for pears. If the tree is on 278 SOME SPECIFIC ADVICE Paradise stock, very close attention must be givento pruning, else the top will become too largefor the root. If it is on the larger-growing
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