22 roKl>N TRAINING. 



the Mimm-T will noon show si^ns of this 

 forj'rt fulness. It will then lie no proper remedy 

 tome (lie pnmiii'V Knife with energy. It is a8 

 in lile : \ve ran only hope with reason to turn 

 aside llie violence of u wron;;- Mas at the outset. 

 An e\i n l-alanee should le pivser\ed ; no part ot 

 (lie whole system : honld run riot \\liih- ihe re- 

 mainder unfairly languishes. N(>ither should 

 \ Winter pruning Over take ]>lae(> during a frosty 

 . :i on, lor (he Knife laei-rales the hardened wood 



and induces decay. To delay the pruning till 



Ih.- ti ! ins to feel the fir>t movements of 



i/ions, tor then the 

 eheeK is too .';reat. 



In tho case of the poach, however, a mere 

 beginner had bettor delay his pruning until he 



e:iu fairly tli.-tin:';ufsh between a flower !>ud and a 



leaf bud.' 



Should tho number of trees be groat, the proper 

 plan would bo to commence with the aprieots, 



then the peaehes ; after these tho plums, the 



cherries and the pears, reserving the apples for 

 tho last A simple rule, but not generally 



It is best to have more than one pruning knife, 

 for peach pruning demands a sharp pointed 



n, .iniment. 



To save time, a pair of strong pruning seissors 

 i very e.>uvenient. With mssors the work is 



very rapidly done; there is nevertheless this die* 



