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be determined before serious efforts at renovation 

 are undertaken, so that the strenuous work 

 necessary for restoration may not be wasted on 

 undesirable fruit. 



Steps in Renovation. The first operation 

 in renovation is pruning. Most of this should 

 be done in early spring during the dormant 

 season and supplemented in June or July when 

 the trees are in leaf. Large broken limbs and 

 dead wood should be removed, together with 

 interfering branches, and those reaching too 

 high should be headed back. At about the same 

 time that pruning is started the loose bark 

 should be thoroughly scraped off and burned, 

 thus destroying insects and fungi that attack 

 the fruit. Harboring places for further infesta- 

 tions are also thus removed. If the trees are 

 badly in need of pruning, it is best to do the 

 job over a period of two or three years rather 

 than all at one time, due to the tendency of 

 trees to "sucker" and develop a multiplicity 

 of small non-bearing branches. 



Spraying, fertilizing and cultivation, where 

 that is possible, should follow the pruning and 

 scraping jobs. Spray schedules and cultural 

 practices best adapted to the region can be 

 obtained without cost by applying to state or 

 county agricultural agencies. Ordinarily two 

 or three years are required to rejuvenate these 



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