146 Fruit-growing in Arid Regions 



fruits, is to produce better fruit. The thinning should be 

 performed before the foliage gets too heavy and the pits 

 begin to harden. By carefully thinning a few trees and 

 estimating the number of fruits remaining, one can soon 

 form an ideal to work by. The pruning shears may be 

 used as a help in thinning, and such fruiting-wood as is 

 not necessarily needed may be removed entirely. 



