. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. I' :!.')—Al Ufl: l'ivc-yi;n-i)iil liailUll |)car tree l)efoi-e pruning. At right: Same tree after pruning. Tliis is a splendid type of niodiHcd leader. riGlHi: .ill—Typical cherry tree iif extremely poor type, all of the main hranches issuing at one pciint. Note how leggy the tree is, due to the fact that there was insuiricient heading-in the first two years. Heading this tree back twice a year might have been helpful. all spurs or fruits from the main trunks and low down on the scaffold branches, as these are a source of infection from the blight. It is a
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. I' :!.')—Al Ufl: l'ivc-yi;n-i)iil liailUll |)car tree l)efoi-e pruning. At right: Same tree after pruning. Tliis is a splendid type of niodiHcd leader. riGlHi: .ill—Typical cherry tree iif extremely poor type, all of the main hranches issuing at one pciint. Note how leggy the tree is, due to the fact that there was insuiricient heading-in the first two years. Heading this tree back twice a year might have been helpful. all spurs or fruits from the main trunks and low down on the scaffold branches, as these are a source of infection from the blight. It is also wise in pruning in any district where fire blight is troublesome to see that the pruning tools are carefully sterilized before the cuts are made. Special Recommendations for Cherries Formerly the cherry was headed about inches. There arc luany grow- ers in the state now that practice head- ing from 20 to 25 inches, who are building very nice trees. There seems to be a i)rejudice against pruning a cherry tree. Our advice would be to prune it the first six years just about the same as has been directed for ai)i)les. We would urge, however, the summer pruning, as we have felt that splendid results could be obtained with cherries by summer i)runing. The cherry has a tendency lo shoo! u]) in the air very rapidly, making an enor- mous growth the first two years. The resull is that the average grower has not the nerve in the winter to cut this back severely, and he leaves his trees too leggy. One way to overcome this legg\, high type of growth is to cut back the terminals in the summer. A very .good type of tree to get would be the Mazzard body, making the trunk and main scall'old branches of the Maz- zard, later budding these over. This will give a stronger crotch and there will be less gumming and loss from trees of this type. Should your cherry trees need heavy cutting, do not hesi-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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