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December 



What has been stated should not be 

 regarded as an argument against occa- 

 sional heavy pruning, i.e., the removal 

 of a considerable amount of growth. 

 Though heavy pruning as commonly 

 done is bulk pruning, this is not neces- 

 sarily the case. It may consist in the 

 removal of a large amount of shoot 

 growth and small branches, and thus 

 not give rise to watersprouts, but on 

 the contrary stimulate the normal vege- 

 tative growth and fruit spur system of 

 the tree. The instance of spur pruning 

 cited in this article is evidence on this 

 point. 

 Some Questions Raised by the Facts 

 Presented. 

 That the radius of influence of a par- 

 ticular pruning cut is comparatively 

 narrow seems to be established beyond 

 all question. Just how far that influ- 

 ence extends is only one of a great many 

 unanswered questions. Is the radius of 

 influence of a pruning cut the same 

 when a limb is cut back as it is when it 

 is cut off entirely? Does it depend more 

 upon the size of the wound or the age 

 of the limb? Is it felt to as great a 

 degree by fruiting wood in the neigh- 

 bor hood of a cut as by more strictly 

 vegetative tissue? Does it depend to 

 any extent upon the season when the 

 pruning is done? For instance, is the 

 radius of influence from a cut made 

 July 1 greater or less than it would be 

 from a similar cut made March 1? To 

 what extent are the fruit spurs of a tree 

 virtually independent of the tree as a 

 whole, and to what extent are the fruit 

 spur and vegetative systems interde- 

 pendent? If interdependent to a certain 

 degree, how close to a particular shoot 

 must a particular spur be in order to be 

 benefited or injured by it? Is the radius 

 of influence of a particular pruning cut 

 greater or less than that of the part 

 removed? Finally, to what extent are 

 parts of tree tops independent and to 

 what extent are they interdependent? 

 These and other questions are at pres- 

 ent unanswered. They are not easy 

 problems to solve, yet they must be 

 solved if we are to have a more per- 

 fect understanding of the principles 

 iin<leiiying pruning practice. 



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