Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form . FIG. IllCUT NOT SO off any suckers which may grow from base of this at any time. When cutting off fair-size limbs, saw the undersideof the limb about one-third of the waythrough, or till the saw begins to pinch,and then saw on top about one-half inchfrom the undercut; and when saweddown almost to the undercut the limbwill break off and not peeldown the side of the tree.(See illustrations. Figs. Ill and IV.)Then continue the top cut so as to leave|, I no stub. *l-d Root-pruning
Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form . FIG. IllCUT NOT SO off any suckers which may grow from base of this at any time. When cutting off fair-size limbs, saw the undersideof the limb about one-third of the waythrough, or till the saw begins to pinch,and then saw on top about one-half inchfrom the undercut; and when saweddown almost to the undercut the limbwill break off and not peeldown the side of the tree.(See illustrations. Figs. Ill and IV.)Then continue the top cut so as to leave|, I no stub. *l-d Root-pruning is sometimes practised, the object being to check the growth ofa vigorous tree (which is old enough to bear, butwhich refuses to do so), and thus favor the develop-ment of fruit buds. This operation is seldom neces-sary, however, and few orchardists ever attempt it. Pruning a neglected old orchard isoften a puzzling jol). To do the workright, a vast amount of wood mustcome off, and, consequently, the averagepruner is likely to remove too much,thus doing more harm than a good rule for such cas
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