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Mr. Gould. A very common practice is to keep that up until 

 the trees comes into bearing. 



Mr. Myers. Does not winter pruning tend to produce more 

 wood growth. 



Mr. Gould. Yes. 



Mr. Myers. Then why prune to make more wood to cut out 

 the next year ? 



Mr. Gould. That point was covered in mv first reference to 

 pruning. It makes trees more stocky and keeps them within reach 

 for picking the fruit. 



J. W. Prickett. Have you anything to sav in regard to re- 

 newing a tree that has been spht with too heavy a crop that was not 

 thinned enough ? 



Mr. Gould. The first thing is to take the lesson of not thin- 

 ning enough and thin more next time. After the trees have been 

 broken down the only thing to do is to cut out the broken parts and 

 get the trees shaped up for future usefulness. 



In trimming care should be exercised to make the cut at the 

 proper place. ]\Iuch harm may be done bv carelesss cutting. The 

 cut should be made in a line parallel with the base of the Hmb. 



Fig. 7. W'uund in center healing 

 on left side ; right hand side is too 

 long to permit of healing. Lower 

 wound was made close to trunk and 

 is healing rapidh". 



Fig 8. A long stub was left which 

 could not heal over. The stub died 

 and decayed, making the limb hol- 

 low. The stub at the right is adding 

 to the trouble. 



Figures 7, 8. and 9, show result of improper cutting. Such wounds 

 will never heal over and finally result in permanent damage and 

 even death of the tree. All large wounds should be kept painted 

 to keep rain from soaking into the wood and when spraying with 

 fungicides give these wounds a good soaking. 



