HIGH AND LOW HEADS 



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scald, the bodies should be short. In nearly all 

 regions outside of the Atlantic States this danger 

 threatens, and it is often serious on the Plains 

 and westward. Nearly all writers urge short 

 bodies and low heads 

 for the Pacific Coast. 

 In the Plains regions 

 it is a common prac- 

 tice to shade the trunk 

 by some artificial 

 means, but it is a 

 question if low -head- 

 ing would not be a 

 better practice. 



What length of 

 trunk constitutes a 

 high head or a low 

 one, depends upon the 

 species of tree under 

 consideration. In ap- 

 ple trees it may be 

 said that a top is high 



when the branches start not less than five "feet 

 above the ground, and low when they start not 

 over three feet. Pears, peaches and plums are sel- 

 dom started as high as five feet. The question of 

 high or low heads is largely one of climate, meth- 

 ods of tillage to be employed, and kind of tree; but 

 the writer believes that in the East the commoner 

 error is to train too high rather than too low. 



A high-headed short-trunked 

 tree. 



