Pruning Young Trees 



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stubs. Had there been any laterals below this point, they 

 would have been pruned back to single buds, so that 

 clusters of leaves might have formed, and thus provided 

 shade for the trunks. These pictures show how the trees 

 looked in April, 1905, at the time of the first pruning. 



22 a 22 ft 22 c 



FIG. 22. Shaping the Top. 



No. 21 had formed five vigorous branches, No. 22 produced 

 four, and No. 23 but two. 



The five branches on No. 21 were saved to form a frame- 

 work for the tree and were cut back to about one foot in 

 length. These are well distributed about the trunk, but 

 have the fault of being too close together. The lowest 



