CHAPTER X. 



PHILOSOPHY OF PRUNING. 



PRUNING, NATURE'S WE PRUNE, FIRST, FOR SHAPE AND COMELINESS ; 



SECOND, FOR FRUIT PRUNING YOUNG TREES IN THE NURSERY 

 RULES FOR SEASON FOR PRUNING FOR FRUIT IS TO BE DONE 

 CHIEFLY IN SUMMER THINNING OUT SHORTENING-IN ROOT PRUN- 

 ING PHILOSOPHY OF ADVANTAGES OF - CHARACTER OF ROOTS 

 PRODUCED BY IT IN THE VINE SEVERE IN WINTER TO PRODUCE 

 WOOD AND DIMINISH BLOSSOMS ADAPT TO VARIETIES IN 

 SUMMER TO DIMINISH EXCESSIVE FRUITAGE, AND TO DIRECT SAP 

 INTO NEW CANES TRIMMING IN GARDENESQUE, REQUIRING A COR- 

 RECT EYE AND GOOD TASTE PRUNING SHOULD BE CONDUCTED 

 UPON TRULY PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES, OR NOT AT ALL QUALI- 

 FICATIONS REQUIRED IN THOSE WHO PRUNE THE OPERATION 

 SELDOM WELL PERFORMED PRUNING OF THE GRAPE, SHORT AND 

 LONG REASONS FOR AND OBJECTIONS TO EACH SEASONS FOR 

 PRUNING THE VINE. 



Pruning is one of the most important operations that 

 we perform upon plants, especially woody plants. Prun- 

 ing, in some sort, has to be performed at all periods of 

 their existence and growth, and upon all plants, from the 

 noble forest tree, or the fruit trees of the orchard, of what- 

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