CHAPTER IV. 



DWARFING. 



DEFINITION ^J<OWrKOTS EARLY FRUITAGE DEFINITION OF TERMS 



DWAHt-lJyc* STOCKS OTHER MEANS OF DWARFING DWARFS AND 

 STANDARDS fYKAMIDS OR CONICAL ESPALIERS LAYING BARE 

 THE MAIN itOOTS IN SUMMER, TO DIMINISH THE VIGOR OF THE 

 TREES REMOVING A PORTION OF THEM ROOT-PRUNING TRANS- 

 PLANTING EUROPEAN ESPALIERS AND WALL FRUITS DU BREUIL'S 

 CORDONS CROWDING, AS A MEANS OF DWARFING PINCHING, 

 TWISTING, AXD FRACTURE FIELD'S PEAR HEDGES OUR CLIMATE 

 DOES NOT REQUIRE THESE MEANS OF TORTURE FACILITY OF PRO- 

 TECTION MAY HENDKR THEM DESIRABLE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 

 OF QUINCE-DWARFED PEARS IN THIS COUNTRY MANY FAILURES 



SUCCESS DEPENDS UPON CARE FRENCH SUCCESS CHINESE 

 UNCONGENIAL STOCKS IMPERFECT UNION PINCHING HIGHEST 

 PERFECTION OF THE ART OF HORTICULTURE EQUALIZE THE FLOW 

 OF SAP NATURALLY FLOWS TO HIGHER PARTS AT EXPENSE OF 

 LOWER, MAY BE REGULATED BY TRIMMING BY DISBUDDING 

 BENDING DOWN PINCHING THE STRONGER, AND ENCOURAGING THE 

 WEAKER ILLUSTRATION IN THE STRAWBERRY DWARFING THE 

 APPLE PARADISE STOCK THE DOUCIN ; UNFIT FOR ORCHARDS 

 ROOT-PRUNING HOW IT OPERATES TIME TO BEGIN HOW TO 



BE PURSUED SEASON FOK EXPENSE ROOT-PRUNING PLOW. 



DWARFING consists in so controlling the growth of 

 plants as to reduce the natural size of any of our fruit 

 trees, and bring them within comparatively narrow 

 bounds. The objects of dwarfing are to enable us to plant 



