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should be greater or continued 

 with standard than with dwarf 

 desirable to produce a compact 

 gins. 



e roots reduces vegetative 

 on) ; hence it may be employed 



fple No. 6. In a sense it is 

 when the tops of plants are 



very weak growers the 

 longer. More pruning is 

 trees, since with the sta 

 head before heavy crop 



87. J. Severe pruning 

 growths (i. e., wood prodit 

 to induce fniitfulness. 



This is th 

 equivalent t 

 poorly supp 

 they tend 

 It doe 

 lack o 

 or to 



sao takerT*up by, 

 results are the 

 inciple 



at ion in tlier un- 



tion of root area 

 of nursery and 



other TflSRTs*' for transplanting. 

 No matter how cargfully such 

 work is perform^^ an enor- 

 mous amount (often more than 

 90 per cent) on the feeding 

 area-^JI2) is cut off, thus re- 

 ducing y the* Supply t)f fooH 

 which <xm be sent up to the 

 s. To offset this unbalanced 



^ FIG. 67 



ditioruand to ^distribute the HOW CROOKED BRANCHES 



k , - , re ARE MADE 



uced Bpjjp\p4pod effec- Cutting back second . year growth 



tivelv, the tOp mUSt be reduced produces crooked branches, as the 



latter growth will not be erect. 



very considerably. Some plant- 

 ers adv^ate removing'not less than three-quarters of the 

 iar's growth, and in many cases all but one 

 strong TITO on that growth. This tends to establish a new 

 balance between root and. top. 



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