. The American fruit culturist. ed beforethe buds begin to swell. Two questionsare concerned in the choice of the propertime for pruning, the effect on fruit-bear-ing, and the effect on the healing of thewounds. As a rule, light summer prun-ing tends more to fruit formation thandoes heavy winter prun-ing. On the other pointthe following advice isgiven (Bailey, Prun-ing-Book): The con-clusion—and my gener-al opinion—in respect to season of pruning, sofar as the healing of wounds is concerned,is this: The ideal time is in spring, beforegrowth begins (late February, March, andFIG. of ^^
. The American fruit culturist. ed beforethe buds begin to swell. Two questionsare concerned in the choice of the propertime for pruning, the effect on fruit-bear-ing, and the effect on the healing of thewounds. As a rule, light summer prun-ing tends more to fruit formation thandoes heavy winter prun-ing. On the other pointthe following advice isgiven (Bailey, Prun-ing-Book): The con-clusion—and my gener-al opinion—in respect to season of pruning, sofar as the healing of wounds is concerned,is this: The ideal time is in spring, beforegrowth begins (late February, March, andFIG. of ^^. ^ -^ -^ -^^^ York), but more depends Yoting Tree heav- j r ^ / ^ x iiy pruned after on the position of the wound in the tree, and the leaves had ex- the length of stub than on the time of year. ^^^ * ? If heavy pruning is to be done, the work is best done when the tree is dormant. See Figs. 124, 125. There may be an exception to this general rule, where a slight amount of pruning in summer, not sufficient to produce any.
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