shade trees, nothing is 

 so serviceable as this 

 simple, but effective 

 little tool. It should 

 be placed on the mar- 

 ket by the hundreds of 

 thousands. 



As I have said, the 

 tendency of our best 

 shade trees is for their 

 lower branches to 

 droop and obstruct 

 view or interfere with 

 passage. When you 

 have once formed the 

 head the desired 

 height, then, with this 

 pruner, you clip off 

 the ends that would 

 Photo 77 - otherwise droop and 



be in the way. This implement has a double leverage, one at the upper end, as you see 

 in photo 93, which shows the blade and a strong steel wire running down a light but 

 strong staff. This handle, or staff, is made 10, 12, 14 and 16 feet long. Photo 91 presents 

 the leverage at the lower end of the staff. With this pruner you can easily cut a branch 

 i inch in diameter. Photo 92 gives you a view of a gentleman putting one of these tools 

 to a good use. This is Mr. Minich, editor of the Kent Bulletin. He is a great lover of 

 nature and almost a worshipper of fine trees. I have taken pains to speak of the editors 

 because, on account of their publishing things at times, which in the opinion of all is 

 not prudent, they have a great amount of abuse heaped upon them, and scarcely any 

 credit given for the almost infinite good they do. The press is the power of the age. 

 The man who drives the quill is shaping the destiny of the nation ! It is largely within 

 the power of the press to remedy this dire calamity that has befallen our fruit and shade 

 trees. Write for the papers, present your views, argue your case, and don't forget to 

 pay your subscription. 



There is another pruner that should be brought into general use. It is shown in 

 photo 94. This is the kind that is used in England. It is, in reality, a large chisel with 



a hook welded on it. The hook, 

 also, has a sharp edge. In England 

 hundreds of years have taught the 

 lessons of forming the heads of the 

 apple tree up out of the way. The 

 trees are pruned, commonly, once 

 in two years. That being the case, 

 this pruner is about all the tool 

 that is needed. These primers are 

 made of various sizes and each one 

 has a staff (commonly of ash), and 

 it may be anywhere from 10 to 16 

 feet in length. With the pruner 

 goes a heavy mallet. You place 

 the chisel up under at the shoulder; 

 a few sharp taps on the lower end 

 of the staff and the branch is off. 

 Photo 78. With the hook you pull it down. A 



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