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IJi'iuiiiii,'. Gent-rally .speaking, an aiiple 

 tree may be pi'uned in any month dur- 

 ing the winter without any serious in- 

 jury, but experiments have proved that 

 there is a detinite lime during the win- 

 ter months when it may he done more 

 advantageously — in late winter or early 

 spring. At cither of these times the 

 flow of sap is not far distant and the 

 wood heals tpiicker, thus preventing 

 excessive drying. It is not good policy 

 to prune in midwinter, as the wounds 

 remain too long exposed to the action 

 of the rains, winds, etc., before healing 

 takes place. Early winter pruning, or 

 soon after the leaves fall is preferable 

 to that of midwinter, since there is 

 usually enough sa]) to start the callous- 

 ing-over process before severe winter 

 comes on. 



The efl'ect of annual winter ijruning 

 of the tree is to produce wood rather 

 than fruit. The reason for that can be 

 exi)lained as follows: In a thrifty, 

 healtliy, unpruned tree, there appears 

 to a iialance between the roots and the 

 top of the tree, or in other words, a 

 sufficient number of rootlets to furnish 

 every bud or growing part of the tree 

 with tlie necessary elements for plant 

 gi'owth. If too many of the large limbs 

 are removed, there is a lack of etiuilib- 

 riuni, and when spring comes the roots 

 still send up more food material, thus 

 causing more sap pressure on each hud. 

 As the amount of pressure on the bud 

 determines its rate of growth, a longer 

 shoot is the result. Thus we can readily 

 see why discretion should be used in 

 pruning orchards, especially neglected 

 orchards. Neglected trees may he 

 brought into a good state of hearing by 

 removing only a part of the wood the 

 first year. If badly neglected, two or 

 three years should be used in bringing 

 the tree back to its natural self. A too 

 severe cutting back will result in a 

 thicket of watersprouts. 



Summer pruning heretofore has not 

 been generally practiced in the United 

 States. One reason for this tardy 

 adoption has been that growers did not 

 know of the method. Besides, there is 

 real inconvenience to it. Usually dur- 

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