. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. Fig. 858.—The same tree, after pruning eitherfor a pyramid or a bush. chance to ripen satisfactorily. If the pruningis well managed, any other training is seldomnecessary. Dwarf bowl-shaped Trees.—If the tree hasmade one seasons growth from the graft orbud, it may be planted in autumn; the extremi-ties of the shoots must be shortened a little, andit should be allowed to grow at full freedomtill next autumn, when it must be cut down towithin 9 inches of the ground. The tree, havingbeen
. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. Fig. 858.—The same tree, after pruning eitherfor a pyramid or a bush. chance to ripen satisfactorily. If the pruningis well managed, any other training is seldomnecessary. Dwarf bowl-shaped Trees.—If the tree hasmade one seasons growth from the graft orbud, it may be planted in autumn; the extremi-ties of the shoots must be shortened a little, andit should be allowed to grow at full freedomtill next autumn, when it must be cut down towithin 9 inches of the ground. The tree, havingbeen a year established, will now be able toproduce vigorous shoots, three of which shouldbe selected, as in forming the head of a the summer, care should be taken thatthe three shoots make equal growths. Theymust be cut back at the winter pruning tobetween 6 and 9 inches in length, and thus, as 64 THE GARDENERS in the case of standards, six branches will be I branches. When this is done, each branch ought to be exactly 1 foot from thosenext to it; if any are wider apartthan that distance, let them bebrought to it. Whether a hoopor this contrivance be employed,the shoots, after being secured,should be shortened to a fewinches above the hoop or placewhere they are 1 foot apart, inorder that each of the sixbranches may be there sub-divided into two, making twelvein all. In shortening, where theleading branch is not intendedto be subdivided, observe to cutabove a bud pointing away fromthe centre, or in the directionthat the shoot forming a pro-longation of the branch is desiredto take. From the inclinationof the branches, and favoured bythe open space which they form,strong shoots from the uppersides of the inclined branches Fig. well-developed six-year-old pyramid Apple, after pruning. will be apt to Start in the middle originated. These should beallowed to grow freely duringthe summer,
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