Pruning of Deciduous Fruit Trees. 



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PRUNING OF DECIDUOUS FRUIT TREES. 



By H. J3. Tekky, Cert. li.H.S. (London and South Africa), Lecturer 

 in Horticulture, vSchool of Agriculture, Potclief,stroom. 



(ConcI ti.sioii .) ' .■_ ■ 



The Quince. 



The ({uiiicc is not (^erierally rey'tU'dcd liei'e :;s an orcliard tree; 

 usually tlic (iiily place allotted to it is the hedge or hveak-wiud. Fruit 



Fig. 25. — Quince "Mammoth."' 



under such' conditions can-scarcely "be hoped for. AVhen'g'rown' in the 

 orchard as a tree, well headed back, and kept thinned out to counter- 

 act its natural bushy habit, the tree will produce large sized fruits 



