The California fruits and how to grow them; . It must be admitted, however, that thisrational plan of restricting wood growth and directing the energiesof the tree to fruit has in some cases been pursued too far andthe tree has resented repression by diminished thrift. The prunermust allow freer growth of shoot to secure better foliage. Thepruning of the lemon as of other trees must always be pursuedwith judgment rather than by recipe. When the adequate growth of bearing wood within reach isborne in mind it appears that the pruning of the lemon involvesmany of the considerations urged in Chapt
The California fruits and how to grow them; . It must be admitted, however, that thisrational plan of restricting wood growth and directing the energiesof the tree to fruit has in some cases been pursued too far andthe tree has resented repression by diminished thrift. The prunermust allow freer growth of shoot to secure better foliage. Thepruning of the lemon as of other trees must always be pursuedwith judgment rather than by recipe. When the adequate growth of bearing wood within reach isborne in mind it appears that the pruning of the lemon involvesmany of the considerations urged in Chapter XII for deciduous PRUNING THE LEMON 461 fruits; the method of making a strong, short trunk, the arrange-ment of branches, the prevention of long growths, the encourage-ment of low, bearing twigs, the thinning of twigs to prevent the treefrom becoming too dense, the points to be observed in cutting back,not by shearing but by treating each branch according to its positionand vigor—all these must be borne in mind by the lemon pruner. It. Lemon tree under-pruned to bring fruit a distance from the soil. must also be remembered that the work must be resolutely con-tinued and the tree always prevented from wild growth and keptdown to bearing on the smaller twigs, which are promoted andretained for that purpose. The building-down process described forthe young orange is easily applicable to the lemon. Old lemon trees which have been allowed to grow away intoa long, rangy form and to bear fruit too high for profit, can bebrought down to good form by severe cutting back and after-treatment of the new shoots, keeping the smaller horizontalgrowths and cutting out cleanly the strong upright shoots, or cut-ting them back if more branches are needed. The time for pruningthe lemon depends upon the end in view; if a young tree, topromote wood growth, prune at the opening of the growing seasonin the spring; in older trees, to repress growth and advance fruit-ing, prune in midsummer. When i
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