. Guide to hardy fruits and ornamentals. DWYERS GUIDE. 33 ably larger, carry and sell better in market. They are superior for can-ning and fully as rich in flavor, consequently just as desirable as a de-sert and in its natural state. We have fruited several hundred treesduring the past three years, and it was a common occurrence to pick half abushel of choice fruit from three and four year old trees of Abundance,Burbank and other varieties; this, too, after we had thinned out two-thirds of the fruit from the trees. This thinning is of absolute necessityto get choice fruit and to keep the trees
. Guide to hardy fruits and ornamentals. DWYERS GUIDE. 33 ably larger, carry and sell better in market. They are superior for can-ning and fully as rich in flavor, consequently just as desirable as a de-sert and in its natural state. We have fruited several hundred treesduring the past three years, and it was a common occurrence to pick half abushel of choice fruit from three and four year old trees of Abundance,Burbank and other varieties; this, too, after we had thinned out two-thirds of the fruit from the trees. This thinning is of absolute necessityto get choice fruit and to keep the trees from breaking down with anoverload of fruit. The fruit should be thinned when it is about the sizeof a walnut or about one-third grown. To get the best fruit and avoidrotting, no two specimens should touch each other at any time. Pruning.—This must be practiced yearly with a heavy hand. Infact it is next to impossible to get the average horticulturist to cut backthese trees as they should be treated. As before stated, they are rampan
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