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rRINCIPr.ES AND PRACTICE OF PRUNING 



the growing- of other fruit trees. Some varieties are 

 nuirc amenable than others to this form. 



Annual pruning after the quince reaches the bearing 

 age consists in thinning the young growth and shorten- 



FIG. 213— CANKERED 1, 1MB SHOWING BIIOHT EXUDATIONS 

 These sticky, milky drops are made up almost wholly of blight bacteria 



ing the balance ijO to 70 per cent. When properly man- 

 aged, the annual growths should be from 1 to 2 feet, with 

 an excellent range of l') to IS inches. When the growth 

 is rank the buds which are to produce blooming shoots 

 will 1>c near the tips and so will largely be lost in the 

 firuning. The best buds, by the way, are not usually the 

 terminals l)ut the laterals on the upper half of the annual 

 growths. The main ideas in annual pruning should be 

 to k'cep the plant well within bounds and to secure an 

 ample supply of new shoots each year. Since the quince 

 is susceptilde to fire blight, care should be exercised to 

 cut out and l)urn affected parts whenever discovered, just 

 as in the case of the pear Hrxi). 



198. The mature cherry tree re(|uires little pruning if 

 it has been properly sliirtcd and tr:unerl for three or four 



