THE OPENING YEAR 



only appropriate when the tree throws a great deal of 

 summer wood, and does not bloom. These conditions 

 generally go together. If the side shoots of a tree push 

 more than two and a half feet long in one season, there 

 is likely to be a paucity of fruit buds, and root pruning 



Jan. 

 1-15 







Fig. 10. — Root Pruning. 

 a. Surface of soil, d. Taproot cut off. 



c. Large fibreless roots cut off. d. Fibrous roots not cut. 



e. The kind of fibrous roots not to be cut. 

 /. The kind of large root to be cut. ^. The taproot. 



will probably do good. It consists in baring the roots 

 in winter, and cutting through some of them ; or, in the 

 case of a young tree, taking it right out of the ground, 

 pruning the strong roots, and replantnig it. 

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