IMPLEMENTS FOE CUTTING. 883 



Hand Pruning Shears (fig. 145). — ^There is a kind of 

 fliese made now, that having a moving centre, as in the 



Fig. 145. 



figure, make a smooth draw cut almost equal to that of a 

 knife, and it is a vierj expeditious instrument in the 

 hand of a skilful workman. In pruaing out small dead 

 branches, shortening in'peach trees, &c., it will perform 

 four times as much work as a knife. 



Pole Pruning Shears. — These resemble the hand shears, 

 but are worked by a string passing over a pulley, and are 

 fixed on a pole of any required length. They are used in 

 cutting scions, diseased shoots, &c., from the heads of 

 lofty standard trees. 



Gvajpe Scissors. — These 

 are small sharp pointed 

 scissors for thinning 



FiG. 146.-Grape scissors. bunchcS of grapCS. 



The Pruning Knife, — ^The best for general purposes 



Fig. 147.— The pruning knife. Fio. 148.— The budding knife. 



are those of medium size, with a handle about four inches 

 long, smooth, slightly hollowed in the back ; the blade 

 about three and a half inches long, three-quarters of an 

 inch wide, and nearly straight. For very heavy work a 

 larger size may be necessary. " Saynor's" (English) 

 knives of this kind are unsurpassed in material and finish. 



