48 FRUIT GROWING FOR AMATEURS 



tree in one day ; the work should be gradually done, and the 

 whole pruning be spread over a period of several weeks, whilst 

 a commencement should be made at the top of the tree and the 

 operation carried out downwards. In this way a severe check, 

 which would most probably cause the fruit to fall prematurely, 

 is avoided. 



For the purpose in question fruit trees can be divided into 

 two sections namely, those which fruit more or less on spurs, 

 as, for instance, the Apple, Pear, Plum, Sweet Cherry, and 

 Apricot, and those which produce their fruit on shoots made 

 the preceding year, as the Nectarine, Peach, and Morello Cherry ; 



Summer Pruning of Shoots at ends of Branches. The upper 



Sketch shows the appearance of the Shoots before Pruning ; 



the lower Sketch subsequent to Pruning 



