1908.] 



Pruning Fruit Trees. 



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tion of the sap, gumming is not so liable to take place as is 

 the case in winter. With the main branches thinly disposed, 



fig. 3. — Summer pruning apple shoots : — (E), portion of branch with character- 

 istic growths : (_/), extension growth pinched at the sixth good leaf, not counting 

 small basal leaves {k) ; (/), side growth not extending more than five or six leaves and 

 terminated by a bold bud (w), generally a blossom bud ; (u), spurs (a short stubby- 

 growth, the leaves disposed in a corona, with a prominent bud in the centre) ; 

 (<?), growing side shoots pinched at the third good leaf. (F), portion of branch in 

 bearing: (p), extension: (q), laterals (not to be pinched unless entending beyond 

 three leaves ; (/-), side growing shoots pinched ; (s), one year spurs; (/), two years 

 spurs. 



the trees will form fruit spurs freely and make comparatively 

 little breast-wood. Morello Cherries must be treated like 

 peaches. The early shortening of the trees may be the same, 



