11 Dec, 1916.J 



Apple Culture m Victoria. 



717 



Pruning of the Rome Beauty. 



Before essaying the task of establishing and subsequently pruning- 

 ail apple tree on modern, scientific and commercial lines, it is essential 

 that the pruner should, as far as possible, make himself acquainted with 

 all the characteristics pertaining to the wood growths and with the; 



Plate 43. — Rome Beauty yearling leader growths. 



coiitiiiuiillv v.'iryiiig soil, cliiiiMlic iiiul other cniidif ions under which \\v 

 is calh'd upon to treat the individual varieties. 



Tlie Rome- Beauty, particularly when grown on rich soil and owing 

 to its habit of j)roducing long barren leader ai\d lateral growths, 

 especially while it is young, is one of the varieties wliicli is most ditlicnlt 

 to bring to perfect ion, fr<un tbc ])runer's point of view. This is a 



