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If one side of the tree is completely broken off the other half should be headed 

 hard back and the tree encouraged to grow over on the side lost so as to balance 

 up the tree again as illustrated in Figure 155. 



Apricots. — Apricots can be treated in the same manner as for peaches if run 

 out, badly gummed, or broken down. 



Figure 156 shows a badly gummed 12-year old apricot which was headed the 

 previous winter. Figure 157 illustrates how this tree should be pruned. 



Trees which have been neglected, as in Figure 158, should be pruned as illus- 

 trated in Figure 159. It is impossible to shape these trees jaroperly, but the long 

 weak leaders have been brought back, dead and cross limbs removed and the tree 

 thinned out to allow free entry of light and air. 



Fig. 155. 

 Eenovating a tree split in half. 



Practically all broken or worn out trees can be renovated in this manner if 

 proper attention is given to manuring and cultivation afterwards. Figure 160 

 shows a Bartlett's Pear cut hard back ; owing to long pruning, and fruit bearing 

 on the weak leaders this tree had become a wreck, all the leaders having broken 

 down. Figure 161 shows the tree twelve months afterwards. The new growth 

 has been thinned out and stout new leaders obtained on the remains of the old ones. 



Unprofitable trees of poor varieties can be reworked to better sorts by heading 

 back and either grafting on the old limbs or else budding on the new wood thrown 

 out, but the trees must be cut hard back into the main arms for this purpose other- 



