66 beginners' guide to fruit growing 



low-headed tree. The lower tree, of course, can be 

 pruned and sprayed more economically and more 

 efficiently; and there is a similar advantage in 

 harvesting the fruit. 



The one objection everywhere made against low- 

 headed trees is that the low heads are said to in- 

 terfere with the cultivation. The best answer to 



FIG. 28 — ^LOW-HEADED PEACH 



this objection is simply that it is not so. It is a 

 most curious fact that the strongest exponents of 

 thorough tillage in orchards are the very men who 

 also urge low heading, while the men who practice 

 high heading are the ones who make hay in their 

 orchards. 



With these ideas in mind the planter will head 

 back his nursery trees at planting time to about the 

 height where he wants the tops to form. Modern 



