18 SUCCESSl'UL FRUIT CULTUKB 



tree, the more severely must it be pruned. The larger 

 roots wherever injured should bo eut oft smooth, ;w3 decay 

 is more certain to spread from a toru than from a 

 smoothly cut surface. 



ESTABLISHING THE HEAD 



In euttin,!:; l)ack the tree to oljtain a balance 

 iietween the roots and top, the formation of tlie head 



Fig. 8— Well=Formed Low=Headed Tree, Twelve Years Old 



should be kept in mind and all shoots not needed to 

 form the main branches of the head be cut away 

 entirely. Tlie trees as received from the avera.sro nur- 

 sery have the main branches started at from tliree to 

 four feet from the ground, and if a head started higher 



