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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1912 



This young tree, almost reads' for bearing, is carry- 

 ing .too much wood and needs attention 



Raspberries before pruning. Remove all side shoots 

 and reduce to three canes 



A companion tree to that shown on the left, but 

 it has been properly thinned out 



Cherries fruit on spurs and when once 

 arrived at the fruiting stage they require 

 but little pruning — merely a general 

 treatment to keep up good health, which 

 consists in removing any old wood that 

 has outlived its usefulness and a proper 

 controlling of any tendency to overcrowd 

 by removing shoots as seems desirable. 



Quinces require less pruning than any 

 of the so-called tree fruits. They are 

 dwarf, short-jointed growers, and this in 



a measure accounts for their great fruit- 

 ing propensity. All new wood is avail- 

 able because it is of the right kind. To 

 use a gardener's term the tree makes no 

 "grass"; to gardeners grass is a useless 

 article that requires lots of cutting. 



The cane fruits (raspberries and black- 

 berries) require very severe pruning, but 

 it should be done later in the season, and 

 if attended to regularly at that time the 

 spring work will be much easier. But if 



it has been neglected in the first, you must 

 attend to it now. The tendency is to 

 produce too many canes to a root. Better 

 cut back all but three shoots on each plant, 

 and cut them off right at the ground. Cut 

 out all the old canes, of course; they can 

 easily be distinguished by the bark. The 

 older the cane the more the bark peels, 

 while the bark on the young canes is 

 smooth and of a much brighter color. If 

 the canes have been thinned out the pre- 



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The young wood that starts on the inside of a fruit 

 tree must be cut out yearly 



The raspberries shown above, after pruning 



The lower hand shows where last year's pruning 

 was done. Cut this year where the shears are 



