The California fruits and how to grow them; a manual of methods which have yielded greatest success, with the lists of varieties best adapted to the different districts of the state . ne trees, never pruned and assuming natural form. How long cutting- back shall continue depends partl\- upon the local-ity and partly upon the notion of the owner. In interior localities thetree grows with great rapidity and branches more freely. During thethird summer it will bear some fruit if not cut back the previous winter,and, where growth is so rapid, there is little danger of injuring thetree by early bea
The California fruits and how to grow them; a manual of methods which have yielded greatest success, with the lists of varieties best adapted to the different districts of the state . ne trees, never pruned and assuming natural form. How long cutting- back shall continue depends partl\- upon the local-ity and partly upon the notion of the owner. In interior localities thetree grows with great rapidity and branches more freely. During thethird summer it will bear some fruit if not cut back the previous winter,and, where growth is so rapid, there is little danger of injuring thetree by early bearing. In the coast valleys cutting back may continueanother year, and fruiting be thus postponed a year to get anothersummers freer wood growth. Though cutting back may properly cease early with the Frenchprune, it is a great mistake to allow the trees to go unpruned. Removalof defective wood, prevention of branch crow^ding and overbearingare of the highest importance, as insisted upon in the chapter on prun-ing. Special Study of Varieties in Pruning.—The points just ad-vanced apply especially to the management of the French prune. In 316 CALIFORNIA FRUITS : HOW TO GROW THEM. K\-VA 111/ 1t.^-^^ ^o sd/ •»* ^?fe.^i
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