11 Dec, 1916.] 



Apple Ctdttire in Victorid. 



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Instead of cutting this at (c) it should have been pruned at (e) and 

 made to extend from the (/) bud. Then the next year the (d) cut was 

 made too close to (c), and consequently the strong barren laterals {g) 

 and (li) were produced. At next pruning it is necessary to completely 

 suppress these, and shorten back the lighter ones. 



Plate 48 shows the same leaders pruned in the manner recommended 

 under the circumstances. 



Fig. 1 is a good type except for the barren portion, as it carries nice 

 fruit laterals above that point. 



Plate 48. — Same leaders pruned. 



Fig. 2 is not as good a s])ecimen, because not only was the barren 

 three-year-old wood cut too long, but the two-year-old wood was cut 

 much shorter than its strength warranted. This necessitated the 

 removal of the strong laterals which it produced, because if short 

 portions of these are retained they usually reproduce strong growths. 

 Frequently tliis, like other varieties, develops latent buds at tbc base of 

 tiie strong iMtcrals. When the laterals an- ifMuoved the.^e buds .^end out 

 ii^lit short growtlis, which may ]x> utilized to eh)! he tlie leadei- with a 

 .•suitable quality of truit wood. 



