7() PROFITABLE FRUIT-GROWING. 



healing, a clean cut quickly heals. So it is with 

 the roots of trees. Look at fig. 26 below; the 

 main roots were broken, and planted with their 



Fig. 26. BAD PRACTICE IN PLANTING AND NON-PRUNING. 



ends jagged. What was the result? Decay, as 

 shown by the dark portion, few fibres issuing for 

 supporting the tree, and scarcely any growth 

 followed. Now turn to fig. 27, page 77; the 



