XVlll LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Fig. Page 



92 Wrong Way to Make a Cut in Removing a 



Large Limb ...... 133 



93 Right Way to Make Pruning Cut . . . 134 



94 Sad Efifects of Sleet Storm . . .135 



95 Label Wire Makes Girdled Limb Bloom Pre- 



maturely ...... i3n 



96 A Wire Girdled This Cherry Tree . . .138 



97 Bench Supported by Living Tree . . . 139 



98 How to Handle Young Forked Tree . . 140 



99 Historv of a Crotch Split . . . .141 



100 Triple Y-Crotch 142 



101 Saving a Y-Crotch 142 



102 Splitting of Peach Tree Where the Top Was 



Improperly Formed with a Y-Crotch . 143 



103 One Wrong" Way to Mend Y-Crotch . . 144 



104 Living Wood Brace Between Trunk and Limb 



of Norway Maple ..... 145 



105 Well-Branched Low-Headed Peach . . 146 



106 Miscellaneous Pruning Tools . . . 147 



107 Pole Shears for Outside Branch Pruning . 148 



108 Pole Shear Pruners, Sliding Handle Type . 149 



109 Pruning Shears of Various Styles . . 150 



110 Good, Bad and Indifferent Hand Shears . . 151 



111 Common Pruning Saws .... 152 



112 Pruning Knives of Various Styles . . . 153 



113 Collection of Pruning Knives . . . 154 



114 Principal Styles of Double-Handled Lopping 



Shears . . . . . .155 



115 Good, Bad and Indifferent Pruning Saws . 156 



116 Types of Hand Saws for Tree Pruning . . 157 



117 Students' Combination Saws . . . 158 



118 Pole Saws Are All Awkward in Use, Make 



Ragged Cuts and Are Undesirable . . 159 



119 Where New Roots Start . . . .168 



120 Various Grades of Peach Trees . . .169 



121 Yearling Peach with Central Leader . . 170 



