APPENDIX C 



TEN PRINCIPLES OF PRUNING* 



1 . Pruning the roots lessens the food supply, and so 

 retards top growth. 



2. Pruning the top invigorates the branches that 

 remain, the root system being unchanged. 



3. Removing terminal buds induces forking, thus 

 thickening the branching system. It checks wood 

 production, and encourages the production of fruit 

 and flowers. 



4. Unpruned trees tend to wood production. 



5. Summer pruning reduces the struggle among 

 leaves and twigs for light and produces stronger buds 

 for spring. 



6. Winter pruning removes superfluous buds, in-' 

 ducing greater health in those that are left to develop. 



7. Dead wood should be taken out at any season 

 and burned. 



8. The best time to prune, generally speaking, is 

 just before the growth starts in the spring. 



9. Early winter pruning is undesirable because the 

 healing of wounds must wait until spring. 



10. Yearly pruning is better than pruning at less 

 frequent intervals. 



* Rogers, Julia E.: The Tree Book. By permission of Doubleday, 

 Page and Company. 



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