CHAPTER IX. 



PRUNING AND TRAINING. 



THE AMPUTATION OF THE LIMBS OF A TREE BASED UPON SCIENTIFIC 

 PRINCIPLES — FACTS NECESSARY TO BE KEPT IN MIND : IMPORTANCE 

 OF A SHARP KNIFE — THE METHOD OF MAKING THE CUT — SEVERE 



PRUNING PRODUCTIVE OF VIGOR AND STERILITY THE REMOVAL OF 



A PART OF THE WOOD OF A WEAK PLANT STRENGTHENS THE RE- 

 MAINDER — IMPORTANCE OF SUNSHINE TO ALL PARTS OF THE TREE 



CIRCULATION OF AIR — DISTINGUISHING THE PECULIARITIES OF THE 

 VARIETY — THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF DISEASE — THE SEASON: 



SPRING AND SUMMER PRUNING AFTER TRANSPLANTING TRAINING 



TUB PEACH AND NECTARINE: SEYMOUR'S SYSTEM OBLIQUE ROD 



OBLIQUE DOUBLE ROD — DOUBLE OBLIQUE ROD STANDARD HOR- 

 IZONTAL TRELLIS-TRAINING THE APRICOT THE PEAR STANDARD, 



QUENOUILLE, WINEGLASS, ETC. THE CHERRY THE VINE THE SYS- 

 TEM OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS SIMPLE CANE SIMPLE THOMERY, 



PLAN PRACTISED IN OHIO THE CURRANT THE GOOSEBERRY THE 



RASPBERRY THE BLACKBERRY THE STRAWBERRY — ROOT-PRUNING. 



^T^HE amputation of the limbs of a tree is based 

 upon scientific principles ; and when it is done 

 indiscriminately, or at variance with these, disease 

 or death may be the consequence. The wild tree 

 is naturally of strong growth, at the expense of 

 fruitfulness. The designs of pruning are to check 

 undue luxuriance, and induce the immediate pro- 

 duction of fruit ; to reduce the size of the tree to 

 such an extent that it is manageable with ease ; to 



