. Bush-fruits. Berries; Fruit-culture. Pruning 273 left. Yet this older wood soon becomes weak, and pro- duces small and inferior fruit. The older plan of training to a tree form (Fig. 39), by removing the lower buds from the cuttings when planted, is now practically discarded. The plants are less pro- ductive, and if at- ^^ tacked by the cur- rant borer, the whole plant is de- stroyed instead of a single stalk, as when grown in the bush form. If the tree form is desired for novelty or orna- ment, six or eight shoots are selected, as the bush devel- ops, to form perma- nent branches. These are
. Bush-fruits. Berries; Fruit-culture. Pruning 273 left. Yet this older wood soon becomes weak, and pro- duces small and inferior fruit. The older plan of training to a tree form (Fig. 39), by removing the lower buds from the cuttings when planted, is now practically discarded. The plants are less pro- ductive, and if at- ^^ tacked by the cur- rant borer, the whole plant is de- stroyed instead of a single stalk, as when grown in the bush form. If the tree form is desired for novelty or orna- ment, six or eight shoots are selected, as the bush devel- ops, to form perma- nent branches. These are cut back to four to six inches every year till the bush is full grown, and afterward to only two or three buds. All lateral shoots are cut to within an inch of the old wood each year. For practical field culture, from four to eight main. Fig. 39. Tree-form 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 Card, Fred Wallace, 1863-. New York, Macmillan
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