. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. FIG. 80. Fig. 81. Trimming Hedges, Fig. 82. the interior branches are bare. Instead, therefore, of being sheared in the common way it should be shortened back. The close growth of a smoothly-shorn surface darkens and kills the interior foliage as shown in Fig. 80. Fig. i?i repre- sents the same shortened back, or rather thinned back, admit- ting the light within. Fig. 82 shows how this is done, the cut being made at a fork b, or still shorter at P
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. FIG. 80. Fig. 81. Trimming Hedges, Fig. 82. the interior branches are bare. Instead, therefore, of being sheared in the common way it should be shortened back. The close growth of a smoothly-shorn surface darkens and kills the interior foliage as shown in Fig. 80. Fig. i?i repre- sents the same shortened back, or rather thinned back, admit- ting the light within. Fig. 82 shows how this is done, the cut being made at a fork b, or still shorter at Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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