PRUNING FRUIT TREES 
II 
No. 4 shows one of this lot of trees that was 
left unpruned. Notice the weak spindling growth 
and short laterals as compared with the others. 
There is small chance of making a decent tree 
out of such a specimen even though it should live. 
Such illustrations as this, which may be seen on 
every hand, should prove to any one that all trees 
should be headed back when planted, if for no other 
purpose than to induce a vigorous growth. 
At the close of the season of 1905 the pruned 
trees had made a growth respectively as shown in 
ib, 2b and 3b. 
Pruning should, of course, be done in late 
winter or early spring, but these trees were pruned 
for the purpose of illustration and the results are 
shown in ic, 2c and 3c. Tree No. 1 has now 
taken the form shown in ic. One of the scaf¬ 
fold limbs seemed superfluous so it was removed and 
the new growth, shown in Fig. ib, was cut back 
about one-half. The few side shoots were cut back 
to a single bud with the idea of developing fruit 
spurs. During the season of 1906 numerous branches 
should develop on all of these scaffold limbs. As a 
rule two of the best placed of these secondary limbs 
will be selected on each of main scaffold limbs to form 
additional framework. The rest may be removed or 
cut back to develop fruit spurs as may se 
FKJ. 2 
FIG 2A 
FIG. 2B 
FIG. 2C 
