OREGON 



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greater quantity of marketable fruit, and 

 that is our principal object in pruning. 

 The problem is how much to cut out and 

 still keep the tree in full bearing. 



As to shape, we prune for a low, open 

 head, rounding the top to somewhat of 

 an umbrella shape. As the prevailing 

 winds here during the growing season 

 are from the northwest, the tendency of 

 the young branches is to "drift" to the 

 southeast, and unless the tree is given 

 an "upright" training it will soon be 

 leaning very badly. This we do by cut- 

 ting off the "outside" surplus branches on 



the south side of the tree and leaving 

 them on the north side, pruning out the 

 inner branches. 



We do no summer pruning as a rule, 

 except when made necessary by the pres- 

 ence of blight. One man is kept busy 

 patrolling the orchard for blight from 

 about April 15 to August 15, cutting off 

 all affected limbs from twelve to eighteen 

 inches below where the infection is dis- 

 cernible and immediately taking these 

 blighted limbs out of the orchard and 

 burning them. 



When the large limbs or trunk of the 



Hillcrest Orchard. Showing Clean Culture. 



