. The fruit grower's handbook [microform] : a concise manual of directions for the selection and culture of the best hardy fruits in the garden or orchard. Fruit-culture. Tree, annually sliorleucd in. If a young shoot of a bearing peach tree is examined while in blos- som, it will be seen that nearly all the buds along the sides of the shoot are mere blossom buds, and that the terminal shoot is usually the only one wliich forms wood for future bearing. The conse- quence of this annual growth at the end of the shoots, is the pro- duction in a fcAv years of lean long naked branches, (see fig.) w
. The fruit grower's handbook [microform] : a concise manual of directions for the selection and culture of the best hardy fruits in the garden or orchard. Fruit-culture. Tree, annually sliorleucd in. If a young shoot of a bearing peach tree is examined while in blos- som, it will be seen that nearly all the buds along the sides of the shoot are mere blossom buds, and that the terminal shoot is usually the only one wliich forms wood for future bearing. The conse- quence of this annual growth at the end of the shoots, is the pro- duction in a fcAv years of lean long naked branches, (see fig.) which of course cannot either nourish or carry fruit of any size ; (58) and from want of shade and sap, soon dry up and die. An annual clip- ping of the growth to one half its length, causes a profuse growth of compact, leafy, stout branches, which are competent to bear full sized and juicy fruit. A large bill or blade, fastened on a long handle, is a convenient instrument for dispatching this necessary work on very large trees; but young trees can be dressed with a large knife, having the aid of a light step ladder. If the shoots, in two or three years, become too numerous, it will be well to thin out some of the weakest, taking with them of course, as much of the old and useless wood as is practicable. (See Genesee Farmer^ for 1850, Mr. Barrel's JJepartment.) 61. In pruning the grape vine and raspberry (24) with a view to rendering them prolific of fine fruit, we must every season en- courage the growth of strong ?iew canes. To have strong canes, whicli is necessary to fruitfulness, part of the shoots that issue in the spring should be rubbed off. (58.) During the first two or three years, only one cane should be allowed free growth. In the figure, (page 123,) a. b. is a stout cane in the midst of the third summer's growth. This vine may now be pruned on either one of the two. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enh
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