APPLE GROWING 



at any time between November ist and June 

 1st, the cuts heal more rapidly in the spring 

 when the sap begins to flow. In regions sub- 

 ject to severe and drying winds in the winter, 

 pruning should be deferred at least to late win- 

 ter. Considered from every standpoint, 

 March and April are quite the best months 

 in which to prune. After the removal of use- 

 less branches, the normal amount of food mate- 

 rial is delivered to fewer buds under greater 

 sap pressure and the remaining buds are made 

 more strong and vigorous. 



In removing small branches with a knife or 

 other cutting tool, the cut should be made up- 

 ward from below and opposite a bud. On up- 

 right growing varieties the last bud left should 

 be an outside one to induce the tree to spread 

 as much as possible, while on spreading trees 

 leaving as the last bud an inside one has a 

 tendency to make the tree grow more upright. 

 Always cut close to the parent branch, never 

 leaving a stub no matter how young or old the 

 tree. 



Cuts of lateral branches should be made just 

 at the shoulder of the branch where it joins 

 the parent. A cut behind the shoulder will 

 not heal, neither will one too far ahead of It. A 



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