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THE AMERICAN APPLE ORCHARD 



division of opinion and practice as to whether trees 

 shonld be formed with tall trunks or short ones. 



HIGH HEADS VERSUS LOW HEADS 



The argument has long- been maintained as to 

 whether fruit trees should be formed with high heads 

 or with low heads. The 

 same division of opinion 

 exists with respect to 

 the training of all kinds 

 of fruit trees, but it is 

 most often discussed in 

 connection with apple 

 orchards. It is one of 

 the questions which will 

 never be settled, be- 

 cause men's ideas neces- 

 sarily differ. In fact, 

 what seems a low head 

 to one man will seem 

 high to another. 



Anyone who has fol- 

 lowed this matter for a 

 number of years will be 

 struck by the fact that 

 the general horticul- 

 tural opinion has under- 

 gone a great change in 

 recent years. This change is marked and unquestion- 

 able. It has been a change favorable to lower heads. 

 Men who formerly advocated high heading now 

 recommend something considerably lower. This fact 

 is all the more striking and significant because the 



A HIGH-HEADED TREE 



