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AFTERNOON SESSION. 



PRESIDENT FROST. If the meeting will come to or- 

 der I will say that there will be a Round Table Talk in the 

 hall below, commencing immediately, and if there is anyone 

 in the audience who is more interested in the growth of 

 small fruits than in the talk on pruning this afternoon, 1 

 v^ould ask that they go to the room below. 



Our first subject of the afternoon is on pruning, with 

 special reference to summer pruning. Now, this is a subject 

 that w^e have not made a great study of, and there are only a 

 few people who have specialized upon it. This afternoon 

 we have with us Professor C. D. Jarvis of the Connecticut 

 Agricultural College, wdio has done some very fine work in 

 the line of pruning, and especially summer pruning. Sum- 

 mer pruning is something that is being taken up quite ex- 

 tensively by the most up to date and scientific growers. 



I have the honor of presenting to you this afternoon 

 Professor C. D. Jarvis. (Applause). 



PRUNING THE APPLE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE 

 TO SUMMER PRUNING. 



By Dr. C. D. Jarvis, Conn. Agr'l College. 



Pruning is a natural process. It may be observed on 

 both fruit and forest trees. In the struggle for existence 

 the weaker branches, or those unfavorably located, die and 

 drop off. An attempt, often successful, to heal the wound 

 takes place. The modern practice of pruning is an attempt 

 to assist nature and to improve upon her crude methods. 

 OBJECTS OF PRUNING. 



The objects of pruning are three in number. The pri- 



