Principles of Pruning 177 



Pruning may be made a means of thinning the fruit 

 by removing the fruit producing wood. In the case of 

 plants which produce their fruit on the long growths of the 

 season before, as in peaches, quinces, raspberries, black- 

 berries and grapes, many fruit producing buds will be re- 



L,imbs cut off so as to leave long stubs like this will 

 never heal. The stubs will rot and finally result in a hollow 

 tree. 



moved with each branch that is pruned off. In the case 

 of trees that tend to an alternation in the years of fruitful- 

 ness, as in apples and pears, the tendency to alternation 

 may be somewhat overcome through pruning. 



