418 FUNDAMENTALS OF FRUIT PRODUCTION 



the number of fruit spurs in spur producing species, though there may 

 or may not be a corresponding reduction in number of fruit buds and 

 in the resulting yield. Within certain limits it tends to increase the 

 size of the fruit. Extremely heavy pruning may occasionally result 

 in different types of abnormal growth, such as fasciation. The severity 

 of pruning that is desirable depends on many conditions, the age of 

 the tree and its bearing habit being among the more important. 



