THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



Jan. Pruning Apricots. — The Apricot is not much grown 



^"^5 in these days, because people who have wall space 

 prefer to use it for cordon Apples and Pears, the plant- 

 ing of which I shall recommend in November. Apricots 

 are generally grown as fan-shaped trees, like Peaches. 

 A number of main branches is secured by cutting back 

 young trees as advised for Apples, and these are then 

 fastened to the wall with nails and shreds. Such side 

 shoots as there may be room for are tied in between, 

 but the majority are summer pruned. The winter 

 pruning consists in cutting back the superfluous side 

 shoots. 



Priming Cherries. — It is a rule with growers of 



Fig, II.— First Shortening of Peach or 

 Cherry to form a Fan. 



a. Point of shortening the maiden tree. 



b. The direction of the new shoots. 



Cherries to prune them as little as possible. Practical 

 fruit men say : " Cherries don't like the knife." This 

 is true. Fortunately Cherries do not require much 

 pruning if the trees are well shortened when first 

 planted. In this respect they may be treated just like 

 Apples ; in fact, when Cherries are young they have to 

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