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another influence in that it results in a thinning of the fruit 

 by removing some of the fruit buds. The peach always sets 

 many times more buds than it can possibly mature into 

 fruit, and there is a distinct necessity for the removal of 

 some of the fruit by thinning. When this thinning can be 

 done through the removal of the wood it is a saving of labor, 

 and results in fruit of a larger size, better shape and higher 

 color. 



Peach tree with open top. Head starts near the ground, 

 enabling pickers to reach most of the fruit without the use 

 of ladders. 



Pruning the Cherry 



With cherry trees, both sweet and sour, most of 

 the pruning the trees will need must be done during the 

 first three or four years. This is necessary for the pur- 

 pose of providing a large framework to furnish the fruiting 

 wood in future years. In both kinds of cherries this frame- 

 work needs to be made as broad as possible. Sweet cher- 

 ries are inclined to be more upright in habit than sour va- 



