Pruning Fruit Trees, 

 Dwarf Fruits and Trained Fruits 



The Care of Young Trees and the 

 Rejuvenation of Old 



THE pruning required by your fruit trees is of three 

 distinct types : 



Pruning to form the young or growing tree. 

 Pruning to re-form old trees. 



Pruning to keep the trees in vigor, health and good 

 bearing. 



FIG. 7. 

 Young fruit tree (peach) 

 as dug at nursery. Prune 

 back roots to A-B. 



FIG. 8. 

 Young fruit tree (peach) 

 headed back and pruned to 

 "whip" at time of planting. 

 "Head" is formed a year 

 later, similar to that in 

 Fig. 7. 



PRUNING TO FORM THE GROWING TREE: 

 With the common fruit trees — ^apples, peach, pear, plum, 

 cherry, and quince — pruning should begin at the time 

 of planting. There are two methods, either one of which 

 may be employed at the start. The first is, cut the 

 newly set tree back to a "whip" — that is, all the side 

 branches are cut off close to the main stem, leaving 

 not more than three buds on each stub. In addition 

 to this, the main stem is cut back from a quarter to a 



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