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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Decembee, 1910 



Rheingold and Valkyrie 



Beautiful Holiday Edition Illustrated by 



ARTHUR RACKHAM 



With a new Translation of the Text 



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The white band indicates where end of bough 

 should be cut ofl to give space to the young branch 



this by cutting away portions of these heavy 

 boughs at a point where good growth may result 

 from young shoots or adventitious buds closer 

 to the feeding system. The fruit of this new 

 growth will be larger and more juicy than that 

 farther away. 



PRUNING YOUNG TREES 



In the case of young trees of few years' bearing, 

 the method is somewhat different. Here vigor 

 of growth is not distributed over a large area, but 

 its force is observed in the rapid formation of young 

 buds and shoots. Here the pruner must dis- 

 courage intervening growth, directing it to the 

 Umbs which will give the tree proper balahce, thus 

 favoring an even distribution of fruit to which the 

 sunlight shall have moderate access. In trimming 

 it is wise to first cut out misplaced branches, with 

 an eye to the position of young buds or shoots, and 

 then go over the tree with the trimming saw, 

 cutting out all superfluous growth. 



With two-year-old trees, it is necessary to decide 

 upon the height of the head or point whei^ the 

 lowest branches diverge from the trunk, which is 

 usually between four and five feet from the ground. 

 Once established this distance will be maintained 

 throughout the life of the tree. All branches 

 below this point are cut off, four or five buds or 

 branches near the desired point being retained. 

 The preference is for branches that tend upward 

 and outward at such an angle as to properly sup- 

 port future crops. Each year all pliant boughs 

 which sag from the weight at their ends should 

 have a portion cut away, relying upon a later bud 

 to continue the growth to the desired length when 

 the limb is stronger. 



Until the tree reaches bearing age, subsequent 

 pruning consists in cutting out closely interlacing 

 branches. 



New Jersey. M. Roberts Conover. 



A properly pruned tree, sunlight being admitted to 

 all the inner parts 



