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PRUNING OF 



TRAINED 



APPLES. 



where they grow too thick of wood, and this 

 should be performed with a saw where the 

 branches are large, but be sure to saw them off 

 without splitting or injuring the bark, and as 

 the saw will leave it rough, the part where it has 

 been sawed off should be made smooth with a 

 sharp knife, otherwise it will not heal so well or 

 so soon. 



PRUNING OF TRAINED APPLES. 



Par. 14. — As trained apples are not so much 

 in request since the introduction of common 

 Dwarfs, and as the pruning of them has been 

 so fully explained, it is necessary only to state 

 after the tree has been properly trained in the 

 nursery, the pruning it will require, will be si- 

 milar to the pruning and management of dwarf 

 apples, in paragraph the twelfth. 



There is one great benefit arising from trained 

 apples; while young the wind has not the power 

 of shaking them about so much, and consequently 

 the fruit is not so likely to fall: likewise, if they 

 have no other trees to shade them, the fruit is 

 sure to receive the benefit of the sun. 



