THE APPLE. 



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The Pruning of the Apple, and the Renovation 

 of the Apple-tree. 



Fig. 30 is an example of an old dwarf standard left 

 to grow unpruned. This is exactly what I mean as 

 the effect of not predetermining what class of tree 

 to cultivate before the plantation was made, and the 

 neglect of annual pruning. Fig. 31 is an example of the 

 same class of tree properly managed by annual pruning. 



Fig. 30. 



I once found a lot of young trees of this sort in a 

 garden of which I had the care, and they were getting 

 into the same state as Fig. 30. Well, I at once com- 

 menced cutting all the last year's growth off close to 

 the old wood, as is shown in Fig. 31, and continued to 

 do so every autumn or winter afterwards, and of course 

 the trees increased in size, but very little — an im- 

 portant thing in all gardens, especially small ones. 

 Yet as much fruit could be grown from such closely 

 pruned trees as would be had from them if left un- 



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