PRUNING 



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Pruning Raspberry canes 



PEAC 



PEAR 



PEARL BUSH 



PHILADELPHUS 



PLUM 



PRIVET (See Hedges) 

 PRUNUS 



Double flowering Almond 



Dwf. dbl. flowering Almond 



P. tomentosa 



P. triloba 

 QUINCES 



RASPBERRIES, Black 



The Peach bears on shoots of previous year. 

 The tree must, therefore, never be headed 

 back; whole branches should be removed 

 when pruning. Heading in does cause pro- 

 duction of new wood but method advised 

 is better. 



Low heads, keeping them open if possible. 

 Keep all branches free from water sprouts. 



Moderate pruning to remove old branches 

 and new ones if tree becomes overloaded. 



Head very low. Cut back ends of branches. 

 Fruit borne on wood of current season. 



Bear on wood which grew previous year. 

 Remove all shoots except 6-8 in Spring. 

 Head back all long shoots in Summer; this 

 causes them to branch thus bearing more 

 fruit. Cut out all canes which have borne 

 in late Summer. 



Feb.-Mar. 



Feb.-Mar. 



July 



Jan.-Mar. 



Feb.-Mar. 



July. 



Feb.-Mar. 



Spring or late 

 Summer 



