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BETTER FRUIT 



December 



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Into bearing in tliis manner can reailily 

 be forced by sytsematic prnning to 

 prodncc annual crops. Wliile tiiose 

 (■oni])elle(l to ijroduce large .size and 

 .yreat quantities of wood up to the fifth 

 oi- sixth year without producing fruit 

 ciinie into bearing with a bang, pro- 

 duce a big crop, exhaust themselves 

 and take the next year or two to re- 

 cuperate, and then they do the same 

 thing over again. The good orchardist 

 then says it is not natural for these 

 trees to jjroduce big crops annually, 

 and 1 am sure we all agree with him. 



The lirst and essential thing to do 

 with a tiee large enough to bear is to 

 establish this balance of nature. This 

 ina\- be accomi)lished by using one or 

 more of the following methods: (1) 

 (Checking wood growth by means of 

 clover, alfalfa or some other crop. (2) 

 Cease to do heavy winter pruning. 

 (>■?) Put into operation a systematic 

 plan of both winter and summer prun- 

 ing. .After establishing the balance of 

 nature, maintain it constantly, permit- 

 ting the trees to produce only sulli- 

 cient growth annually to keep the 

 trunks and large limbs in perfect con- 

 dition, replace any breaks or losses 

 and furnish new bearing wood. This, 

 then, is the ideal condition and if fol- 

 lowed up will compel annual fruitage. 

 The season following a heavy win- 

 ter pruning is usually one of heavy 

 wood replacement, and I find it very 

 diflicult for a bearing tree to produce 

 a large quantify of wood and develop 

 a good crop of fruit buds at the same 

 time, and so, for this reason, where 

 bearing ti'ees require heavy pruning, I 

 prefer to do it Just at the close" of 

 the summer-growth period. To most 

 people this is sununer pruning. How- 

 ever, to those who have made it a study 

 it is onl\- one phase of summer prun- 

 ing, and that of pruning for fruit pro- 

 duction. The plan I find that gives the 

 most uniform results is as follows: 

 (1) During the winter remove all cross- 

 in,g, broken and diseased limbs and do 

 such branch thinning as is absolutely 

 necessary, but never cut back unless it 

 is for the purpose of thickening the 

 top. (2) .Just before the close of the 

 growing season (after the fruit buds 

 have begim to show) do the regular 

 pruning, consisting of the removing of 

 crossing, broken and diseased limbs 

 and any necessary topping at this time 

 necessary. I prefer that all limbs re- 

 moved be taken off close to the limb 

 from which they originate and that no 

 stubs be left. The exact date or even 

 months for all districts this pruning 

 must be done cannot be foretold in ad- 

 vance, since it varies with districts, 

 methods of cultivation, irrigation and 

 varieties. The only accurate way to 

 determine .just when a tree should be 

 pruned for fruit is by examining some 

 of the fruit buds of the free to deter- 

 mine the stage of development of the 

 embr> () flower in the bud. Just as soini 

 as the bud shows the least develop- 

 ment of the flower, pruning will aid 

 the growth. Too early pruning causes 

 manv of the buds that would naturally 

 be fruit buds, but have not develoiied 

 suflicienlly, to expand as fruit buds, 



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