PRUNING 75 



The hatchet and the ax should never be used for 

 pruning fruit trees under any circumstances. The 

 man who is guilty of this solecism should always 

 be dropped from the horticultural club and good 

 society generally. 



Ladders are required in pruning large trees. The 

 tree ladders, or fruit-picking ladders, are best. The 

 peculiarity of these ladders is that they have only 

 one point at the top instead of the usual two 

 points. Such ladders can be bought almost any- 

 where of dealers in agricultural machinery or horti- 

 cultural supplies, or any handy farm mechanic can 

 make one for himself. 



