SUBSKQl'ENT CAHK nV TIIK IM.ANT 1 ('..'• 



s«'j)t'u' and ilucaMi', wliicli atTt»nls iii«'fli;iiii«-;il 

 protoetii)!!, ami wliii'li i\ih><, not of itsrll' iiijui"t' 

 til'' tissue of tln' plant. 



■J'', lilt' jirinriph s of jiritniiu/ 



■_'>•"•. W<' pniiif {<!) to niodity tin* viir«»r ot" tlir 

 plant, (/>) t»» iniMlnc' larp-r an<l Ix'ttrr tVuits «»i- 

 flowers, {<•) to kct'p tin' plant within inaiiap' 

 able shape and limits, {d) to make the plant 

 ln'ar more or ln'ar less, {(') to remove super- 

 thious or injured pai-ts, (f) to fa<Mlitate s])ray- 

 ing and harvestin^^, (//) to I'acilitat*' tillair*', 

 (//) to make the jtlant assninf some «l«»sirt'd t'oiin 

 ( properly, trainin<r ) . 



2S(J. Heavy prunin.Lr <»t" the top tends to 

 in<'reas«' growth, or tin- pnxhu'tion of woo*!. 

 Heavy pruning of tli<' root tends to lessm tln' 

 prodnetiou of wo«m1. \Vat»'i-sjt!-outs generally 

 tollow heavy jiriniinir. partieulai'ly if the pruninL' 

 is performed in winter. 



2S7. Cheeking growth, so long as the plant 

 remains healthy, tends to eause <»vergrown plants 

 to hear. One nutans of cheeking growtii is to 

 withhohl t'<'rtili/.ers an<l tillage; anoth^-r i'> t.> 

 resort \o root-pruning; another is to head-in or 

 cut-l>a<-k the young shoots. Some j)lants, how- 

 ever, bear most profusely whon they are \eiy 

 vigorous; hut they are such, for the most part, 

 as have been moderately and continuously vig 



