310 PRUNING AFTER TRANSPLANTING. 



the tree with soft shoots, which would be likely to 

 injure it, by inducing late growth, which would be 

 hazardous during the av inter. 



The season for pruning the vine will be considered 

 particularly hereafter. 



Pruning after transplanting. In transplanting, the 

 majority of the roots will under any circumstances 

 be lost. We have seen before that the tree while 

 growing maintains a certain equilibrium between 

 the roots and the top, and that the growth of the 

 latter results from that of the former. Therefore, 

 after transplanting we must so prune the top as to 

 secure the balance, which had been broken in the 

 removal of the tree. They should therefore be cut 

 back very severely, when they will develop a few 

 healthy leaves which will aid the tree in establish- 

 ing itself, much more than the weak foliage which 

 would be thrown out if they were not pruned. 

 Trees planted in the autumn need not be cut as 

 closely as those set in the spring, because they will 

 be in a condition to throw out new roots imme- 

 diately to support a larger top. 



This figure represents a peach tree 

 at planting, and the transverse lines 

 indicate where it should be cut. The 

 main stock is left at not more than 

 eighteen inches in height, and all the 

 limbs are trimmed to an inch or two from the stem. 



