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February 8, igo8. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
Fruit Growing 
10.—THE MULBERRY. FOR Amateurs. 
(Concluded from page 13.) 
Pruning. 
In winter time remove only those shoots 
which cross each other in standards and 
bushes, keeping the centre of the tree open 
and fewer branches on the north side than 
the others, as previously advised. 
The summer pruning of the trees is the 
most important, and this should take the 
form of pinching off the ends of growing 
shoots so as to form a great number of 
fruit spurs, rather than a cutting away of 
whole shoots. (See figures 9 and 10.) 
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Pruning a standard or a bush. The centre 
of the tree must be heft open, and to effect 
this cut out any branches which cross. These 
are denoted by the dark lines. 
Stopping or Summer Pinching of 
Shoots. 
The Mulberry produces most fruit on 
spurs or branches, which have been 
stopped in summer time. Strong, straight 
shoots need not be encouraged to grow, 
but those which are short-jointed and 
likely to form fruit-bearing branches. In 
figure 11, A shows a spur formed by the 
stopping of shoots in summer and winter 
pruning. B shows how side shoots should 
be pinched'towards the end of July. 
Pruning a wall tree. A, Fruit sfurs to 
be retained B, Branches to be cut out as 
shown by the dark cross lines. 
Winter Pruning. 
The dark line across each side shoot in 
figure 12j shown at A, denotes where the 
Summer -pinching of shoots to form fruit 
sfurs; Aj spur formed the previous year; B 
shoot to be pinched in current year. 
said shoots should be cut off in the 
autumn. The dotted lines B B show the 
resultant young shoots which will grow 
the following year and which must be 
duly thinned out, and those left on 
stopped. The fruit buds are shown at C. 
Trees which are grown on walls need very 
careful treatment in the matter of pinch- 
Prlining a branch in winter; A, branch 
cut off at dark line; B, B, new shoots fol¬ 
lowing season, these to be pinched to fori) 
fruit spurs; C, fruit spins forming. 
ing of young growths and winter pruning 
in order that an evenly-balanced specimen 
may result, one which will give a big crop 
of fruit from a small space. 
M ulching. 
Old specimens especially should b 
heavily mulched with rotted manure an- 
Mulching ; A, A, the mulch permeated wit, 
new roots; B, stem of tree left clear. 
good fibrous loam; and also those tree | 
which are growing with their roots in ; | 
restricted area. The mulch A A must b< j 
so placed as not to cover the stem of th< 
tree, as shown at B. (See figure 13.) 
Forcing. 
A young tree may be lifted and pottec 
for forcing purposes. But the specimei 
so treated must not be subjected to a fore 
ing temperature the same year that it i: 
lifted. When the leaves are all faded anc : 
Lifting and potting, a young tree for forc¬ 
ing purposes; A, A, new soil showing pro¬ 
portion to be used at potting. 
fallen from the tree in the autumn, care¬ 
fully lift it and put it in a pot of suitable 
size, one which will nicely contain all the 
roots and a sufficient quantity of soil to 
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Shows how to train a young plant in a 
pot. The dotted lines denote the direction 
the young branchbs should take. 
