356 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PRUNING 



No hedge will continue to look well or to thrive on 

 only one pruning a year, and that in the winter. Shoots 

 will develop a heavy growth which will give the hedge 

 a frightened, ragged appearance, and the longer this prac- 

 tice is followed the worse will be the results and the 

 harder to make proper correction. In addition to the 

 winter pruning the new growths should be sheared in 



FIG. 291 HORSE CHESTNUT CO-TERMINAL BLOOM BUD EXPANDING 



Notice, 1, that the direction of growth has been slightly changed near the base 

 of the new growth where a scar indicates that a fruit was borne in a previous 

 season; 2, the annual growth rings at the bottom of the picture; 3, the opposite 

 leaves and the terminal cluster of bloom buds. 



