Most Beautiful Fruit Trees 
Some kinds are outstandingly more showy 
in bloom than others. Here are the best: 
APPLE — McIntosh, Red Astrakan, Red 
Rome, Wealthy. (Deep pink. Fragrant.) 
R. I. Greening, Transparent. (Showy 
Greening, Transparent. (Showy white.) 
PEACH—Crawford, Elberta, Hale. (Large 
pink, red center.) 
PLUM—Abundance. (White.) 
("Depth 
I le epth to Plant 
The graft must be just 
above the ground. If too 
deep, scion develops its 
own roots—is no longer 
dwarf. If too high, the root 
stock suckers. 
Staking is usual, as dwarfs 
are weak at graft. We use 
extra strong W-graft, so 
stakes can be removed 
about Sth year. 

Ideal Tree Pruning 
Trees vary greatly, but are 
something like sketches at 
right. A 1l-yr.-old should be 
cut off as soon as planted 
to make low bushy branch- 
ing. 


es On arrival of 2-yr. dwarfs, 
Prune? select a few good branches, 
€ prune to equal lengths and 
LEAVE remove all others. This re- 
‘ BRANCHS sults in a strong, simple 
72, 
Rect y ae. main frame: 
ned YEAR 
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A 3-yr.-old should be 
pruned only at tips; except 
that any extra new shoots 
should be removed to keep 
frames simple. 
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Pruning for high fruit yield shown above 
speaks ‘for itself. A is a leaf bud, B a flower 
(and fruit) bud and C, the terminal of the 
branch. In April, when pruning the tree for 
shape—a simple process of cutting away all 
thickly spaced branches—go further and cut 
off each terminal as shown. Then in June go 
over the branches trimming back all shoots 
that have no fruit setting; and particularly 
cut away all growth at branch tips except the 
single terminal left to be cut the following 
April. 






