PRUNING 67 



good practice, as nearly as it can be stated, is shown 

 in the following table : 



HEIGHT FOR HEADING YOUNG TREES 



Inches 



Kind of Fruit 

 Standard apple 

 Dwarf apple . . 



Pear 



Dwarf pear . . . 

 Peach 

 Plum . 

 Quince 



FIG. 29 HIGH-HEADED PEACH 



Clean vigorous one-year-old trees (which are 

 best) should be headed to one clean straight stub. 

 Two-year-old apple or pear trees should have the 

 side branches cut to spurs of one to three inches. 



