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top of a very brushy tree to a proper condition. It is far better, 

 however, to prune a httle each year from the beginning, in which 

 case no large amount of wood would need to be removed at any 

 one time. 



Fig. 4. Eight-year-old iinpriined York ImperiEd 

 Apple tree. 



In one of the largest orchards out in Kansas, which is now 10 

 or II years old. the manager was only there once in a while, up 

 to the time it was 8 years old, the work being in charge of a fore- 

 man. The results were not satisfactory and the manager made up 

 his mind that he ^\■as going to make a success of that orchard if 

 possible. The first thing he did was to begin pruning. He hauled 

 out 4,000 loads of brush from 40.000 trees the first season. He 

 found it would mean the cutting out of too much wood to shape 

 the trees in one season. It would have meant the cutting out of 

 one-third of the tops. The next year he hauled out 2,500 loads of 

 brush. Year before last he was still continuing the pruning. After 

 three years of pruning he thought he would be able to get his trees 

 where he wanted them. 



Mr. Newcomer. AMiat was the result in fruit at the end of 

 three years ? Did it produce stronger fruit buds ? 



