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PRUNING 



and the narrowness at the point of this saw shown will be 

 appreciated by the orchard renovator who gets into a narrow 

 place. The specifications of tJie saw will be found beneath the 



Fia. 61. 



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Fia. 60. — A good saw for small trees. It is 14 inches long, three inches wide at the butt, 



with seven teeth per inch. 

 Fig. 61. — An excellent saw for heavy pruning. It is 26 inches long, 6 inches wide at the 



butt, 1 inch wide at the tip and has five teeth per inch. 



FiQ. 62. — A good saw for ordinary pruning. It is 24 inches long, 4 inches wide at the butt, 



1 inch wide at the tip, with five and one-half teeth per inch. 



Fig. 62a. — 'Tapered or swivel pruning saw. A very satisfactory saw. Works easily and is large 

 enough for almost any limb that one would want to remove in a well-kept bearing orchard. 



picture. In developing this saAV the large type of tooth was first 

 tried; this is known technically as the lumberman's tooth, and is 

 shown in the cut of the two-edged saw. This tooth was tried 

 because it seemed reasonable that a large tooth, on a saw of this 

 type, would cut faster than a small one, but in actual orchard 



