. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. 124 PRUNING OLD TREES. " The experiment was performed upon three trees stand- ing in my grounds, none of which were less than thirty years old. One of these trees, an old-fashioned [Newtown] Pippin, and a great favorite, had borne moderately; the other two made out between them, to " get up" about a dozen apples a year, just to le
. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. 124 PRUNING OLD TREES. " The experiment was performed upon three trees stand- ing in my grounds, none of which were less than thirty years old. One of these trees, an old-fashioned [Newtown] Pippin, and a great favorite, had borne moderately; the other two made out between them, to " get up" about a dozen apples a year, just to let me know, I presume, that they "could do it," but were perfectly indifferent how it was done. " I, last summer, undertook the renovation of these trees. For this purpose, I opened between them trenches, say ten feet in length, two feet in depth, and about eight feet equi- distant from tree to tree. The roots which were encoun- tered in this operation, were, of course, all cut off, the trenches filled with well rotted manure, and closed. 1 finished by giving each of the trees about a peck of char- coal mixed with the same quantity of ashes, and now for the result. I have this year gathered from the " two out- casts" just mentioned, instead of my annual dividend of a dozen apples, from six to eight bushels a piece of as hand- some fruit as you ever saw, with about the same propor- tion from the third, which has always been a moderate ; Pruning. The mode of treating large trees, has been already adverted to in the chapter on pruning. There are some owners of or- chards who most er-> roneously suppose that when trees be- come old, heavy pru- ning will restore their vigor in the ab- sence of good culti- vation ; while the correct mode of treat- ment, is, very mode- Fig. 102. rate . aud g1^9- pruning in connex- ion with the best of cultivation. The foregoing correct por- traits of actually existing specimens of bad pruning, unhappily have too
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