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work it was found that it required more effort to cut off a 

 branch with the coarse-toothed saw than with the finer type. 

 The saw did not have weight enough to carry heavy teeth. 



The second and third saws are intended for use on trees 

 which have been well cared for and regularly pruned and which do 

 not need to have any large branches taken out. The writer is still 

 experimenting on both of these sizes and may develop some slight 

 changes, but they are satisfactorj- just as they stand. The small 

 saw, in Figure 60, is intended primarily for work in young trees, 

 but it will do excellent work on anv ur(liuar\- fruit tree. It means 



Fig. 63. — An excellent type of pruning shears. A large part of the pruning on many trees 

 may be done with a shear of this type. 



more work to get off a large limb with this saw than with those 

 shown in Figures 61 and 62. 



Another type of pruning saw which Avill be found very satis- 

 factory when one becomes accustomed to using it, is the saw 

 shown in Fig. 62a. This is a more recent development and the 

 great advantage of it is the ease with which it cuts. It is surpris- 

 ing, too, to anj'one who has not tried this saw, what large branches 

 can be removed with it. It is quite equal to most of the pruning 

 in any well-kept orchard. 



Pruning Shears. — Next, to a saw, a good pair of hand shears 

 will be found useful. In fact where the orchardist is pruning 

 young trees, say up to six or seven years, and where he has a large 

 pair of shears, of the type shown in Figure 63, it is surprising 

 how seldom it is necessary to resort to the saw. The shears shown 

 art imported, being made in France. They are known teclmically 

 as the " French wheel-spring shears." It seems unfortunate to 



