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TRANSPLANTING. 



pruned tree, and Fig. 105 the same with the shoots shortened 



back. 

 Where peach and other trees have been once a year trimmed 



up to a single stem, while in the nur- 

 sery, the mode of shortening is shown 



by Figs. 105 and 106. 

 A few experiments only are needed 



to convince any one of the advantages 



of thus cutting in the shoots. Some 



years ago an orchardist carefully 



transplanted one .hundred and eighty 



apple-trees into good mellow soil. 



The roots had been cut rather short 



in digging. One-half had their tops 



shortened back, so as to leave only one 



bud of the previous season's wood, 

 the heads of the 

 other half were 

 suffered to remain 

 untouched. The 

 season proved fa- 

 vorable. Of the 

 ninety which had 

 their heads 

 pruned, only two 

 died, and nearly 

 all made fine 

 .shoots, many be- 

 ing eighteen 

 inches long. Of 

 the ninety un- 

 pruned, eight died ; 



most of them made but little growth, and 

 none more than six inches. Both the first 

 and second year, the deep green and lux- 

 uriant foliage of the pruned trees afforded 

 a strong contrast with the paler and more 



feeble appearance of the others. A similar experiment was 



made with seventy-eight peach-trees, of large size, three years' 



growth from the bud. One-half were headed back ; the rest were 



03. Three-Year-Old 

 Pear-Tree. 



PIG. 



104. Pear-Tree 

 Pruned. 



