SUMMER CARE OF PLANTATION 



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Fig. 45, A neglected tree 

 before pruning. It has 

 much dead and dying 

 wood due to dense shade, 

 caused by very leafy small 

 branches in the top. This 

 leafiness has also encour- 

 aged excessive elongation 

 of the branches in the 

 upper part of the tree. 

 As a result the top is too 

 hard to reach in spraying, 

 thinning, harvesting and 

 pruning. 1 he general 

 form of the tree is good 



Fig. 46. After pruning 

 the tree shown in Fig. 45. 

 Notice how open it looks 

 after the removal of the 

 dead and diseased wood ; 

 also how much lower it 

 is now that the top has 

 been cut back 



Fig. 47. The same speci- 

 men as in Fig. 45 the 

 Summer following. If you 

 did not know of the 

 pruning as shown in 

 Fig. 46, would you think 

 this tree other than 

 "natural" ? In a couple 

 of years the little irregu- 

 larity at the right will 

 disappear and the tree be 

 very symmetrical as well 

 as low headed 



