Trimming the Young Stock. 



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It may be said in general, then, that peach trees 

 and small or slender trees should be well headed 

 back and spurred (Figs. 

 23, 24); but that strong, 

 well branched trees may 

 have the Lend started 

 at the desired height 

 at the time of setting, 

 all the branches being 

 well headed back (Figs. 

 25 and 26). Fig. 27 

 shows a small plum 

 tree cut to spurs, and 

 the roots have also been 

 properly dressed. Figs. 

 28 and 29 show second- 

 class apple trees. In 

 these the tops are not 

 well formed, and it 

 might be best to trim 

 to a whip, allowing 

 the branches A to be- 

 come the leaders. Such 

 whips may look very 

 crooked and scu'awnj r , 

 but they will straighten 

 as they grow. The lines 

 in Fig. 30 show where 

 a grape plant should be pruned The top should 

 be cut at a and 6, the upper roots trimmed off at 

 c and d, and the main roots cut in from c to /. 



>1. Pruning a newly-sei tree. 



