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FRUIT AND ITS CULTIVATION. 



Standards or very large bushes, or pyramids, cannot 

 be safely lifted ; hence must be treated differently. Thus, 

 a trench should be opened at a point equal to the circum- 



Fig. 112. PRUNING THE TAP ROOTS. 



A and B, Fibrous roots tied in bundles to prevent them being injured. 

 C, Tap roots which require severing at base of tree D. 



ference of the branches. Only half the roots should be 

 treated thus the first year, the remaining half being 

 deferred to the next season. Continue to dig down in the 



Fig. 113. RIGHT AND WRONG WAY OF PRUNING ROOTS. 



A, Roots with jagrg-ed bruised end. B, Pruned the wrong- way. C, Not 

 pruned far enough back, thus leaving a fracture susceptible to injury by fungi. 

 D, Correct way to prune. The circle indicates the proportionate width of 

 trench from base of tree. 



trench, and then sever any thick roots that cross it, care- 

 fully preserving all fibrous ones. Next tunnel underneath 

 to the centre of the trunk, and, if any vertical roots are 



