664 Jdurnitl of Agriculture, Viridrui. [10 Nov., 1916. 



be more fully detailed later, when the pruning of the Rome Beauty 

 comes under review. 



Mnch has been done in Victoria in the way of experimental pruning, 

 spraying, cultivation, drainage, irrigation, interpollination, &c., but 

 there is no doubt the further application of science to the different phases 

 of the fruit-growing industry would have a stimulating effect, which 

 would assist it to maintain its position as one of our chief national assets. 



P/af? 



Plate 35.— Plan of the Modern Type of Tree. 



Plans of the Branch System. 



Plate 35 is plan of the branch system of the modern type of tree 

 as viewed from the vertical. The centre (e) shows where the yearling 

 whip-growth is cut the first year after being planted. The three buds 

 shown send out shoots which, when cut to about 6 inches long the follow- 

 ing year at the points inscribed by circle (a), form the main arms on 

 which the branch system is constructed. Straight lines, drawn from 

 point to point of the main arms describing the 120-degree angles within 

 the circle (a), would represent an equilateral triangle. 



