CHAPTER V. 



PRUNING. 



TREES which have been properly formed in 

 the nursery, will afterward need but little 

 farther pruning, except to remove suckers, 

 broken limbs, and dead wood. This and 

 other light pruning, may be done late in the 

 winter, early in the spring, or in the latter 

 part of June, just as it will best suit one's 

 convenience. 



What is called very heavy pruning, should 

 always be avoided, if possible; but, when 

 really necessary, it should be done in the win- 

 ter or early in the spring. 



To form the head of a large tree, which has 

 been neglected for years, requires much judg- 

 ment, caution and skill, it is labor that ought 

 never to be entrusted to inexperienced hands. 



In countries where trees are trained upon 

 the sides of walls, fences or trellises, pruning 

 is reduced to a science ; but here little is at- 

 tempted, in this way, except to promote the 



