Remaking Old Tops 



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the whole top 

 off and leaving 

 horns or stubs 

 1 to 3 feet long. 

 This may work, 

 but in most cases 

 it is not worth 

 the while. It 

 takes too long, 

 the results are 

 too uncertain, 



FIG. 82. A good apple tree of the old-fashioned kind, 

 with a trunk 4 to 5 feet high. 



and probably the old tree will not pay for the trouble. 

 The remaking of a young or middle-aged tree by such 

 operation when it has been broken by ice or overbearing 

 or injured by winter or by fire is another matter, and 

 may be in every way worth the effort. 



FIG. 83. A low-headed apple tree of good form and proportion. 



