. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. Trimming the Young Tree 189 tree. One foot is planted firmly at the base of the tree, and then with one hand the branch to be removed is bent upwards and with the other hand the knife is applied to the under side and the cut is made neatly and easily (Fig. 40). Never cut downwards on a limb, for a ragged wound nearly always follows. In fall-set trees it is some- times thought to be inadvisable to prune before spring because the cut surfaces are liable to dry out. It has been shown by Howard, however,. that the eva
. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. Trimming the Young Tree 189 tree. One foot is planted firmly at the base of the tree, and then with one hand the branch to be removed is bent upwards and with the other hand the knife is applied to the under side and the cut is made neatly and easily (Fig. 40). Never cut downwards on a limb, for a ragged wound nearly always follows. In fall-set trees it is some- times thought to be inadvisable to prune before spring because the cut surfaces are liable to dry out. It has been shown by Howard, however,. that the evaporation from wounds is not so great as from the branches of unpruned trees; and fall- pruned trees in his investiga- tions started to grow better the following spring and made more growth in the summer than unpruned trees. In shaping or starting the future top, care should be taken to avoid crotches or the joining of branches at the same level, for the tops are likely to split later on, with ice or fruit. The framework branches should alternate on the trunk and should start at different levels and preferably several inches apart. The height at which to start the top is largely a matter of personal preference. In the East, apple and other trees have undoubtedly been started too high; and the tendency is now to start very low. Three to 4 feet of trunk for grown trees is the author's preference for apples east of the. FiQ. 39. Trimming the grape 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan
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