Pruning and Training 



HOW TO PRUNE, A BRANCH OF 



A"BUSH" APPLE 



FIG. 8. A = Leading shoot or " leader " (one year old with 

 wood buds] ; B = Laterals or side shoots (same age], c = Scars 

 from previous pruning (three year}. D A fruit bud on the two- 

 year wood, s Fruit spurs on the three-year-old wood with 

 fruit buds marked x. Winter pruning : leader pruned to an 

 outward bud ; laterals on two-year wood back to three buds ; 

 laterals from spurs back to one or two buds. (In subsequent 

 years laterals should be pruned in summer.} 



complicated. In the latter case we first aim at 

 opening up the centre by removing whole branches 



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