5. 



Therefore, heading cuts do not appear worthwhile on these vigorous 

 Spartan trees which produce adequate lateral branching because of 

 their standard- type growth habit. 



At the end of the 5th growing season 

 trees had 3 tiers of branches spaced about 

 5 branches per tier (Figure 5) . 



in 1979 the USDA-system 

 2 feet apart with 4 or 



Figure 5. A Spartan tree 

 on which 1-year-old 

 shoots on scaffold limbs 

 were headed during the 

 dormant seasons of 1976 

 through 1979. This tree 

 in comparison to the tree 

 shown in Figure 6 has 

 more lateral branches. The 

 paint, except on the trunk, 

 marks where heading cuts 

 were made on the leader 

 and 1-year-old shoots. 

 Photographed May, 1980. 



Figure 5 



