PRUNING 



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good practice, as nearly as it can be stated, is shown 

 in the following table : 



HEIGHT FOR HEADING YOUNG TREES 



Kind of Fruit 



Standard apple 10 



Dwarf apple 



Pear 



Dwarf pear 



Peach 



Plum 



Quince 



FIG. 39 — HIGH-HEADED PEACH 



Clean vigorous one-year-old trees (which are 

 best) should be headed to one clean straight stub. 

 Two-year-old apple or pear trees should have the 

 side branches cut to spurs of one to three inches. 



