RATIONAL FRUIT CULTURE. 5 



raised so as to ensure that there are no taproots below. It is 

 then replanted, and the soil is made firm again. 



Fig. 2. — The Method of Root-Pruning. 



ROOT-PRUNING. 



Root-pruning is applied to larger trees which cannot be 

 easily lifted. The principle is the same, but as a rule the cut- 



