ey RE es " THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
July 1, 1908 
JOHNSON & HARFIELD, 
New Market, Adelaide, 
WHOLESALE FRUIT & PRODUCE MERCHANTS. 
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables 
rates for cash. A trial solicited. 
ele Orchard. 
The Pruning Season. 
INpivipuaL TREATMENT OF THE TREE. 
All that is now required to strip decidu- 
ous trees of their foliage, and put them in 
condition for the winter pruning is a good 
heavy frost; so soon as that comes pruning 
will commence in earnest. A mistake many 
make is to say that there is no hard and 
fast rule which should be observed when 
pruning fruit trees. When it is considered 
that nearly every tree differs in one way 
or another, such a statement seems well 
founded, for certainly every tree requires 
different treatment. Nevertheless, there is 
- a rule which all might observe; but which 
in the hurry and bustle to get the work 
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durable nature of work as guaranteed, 
out of hand, is frequently overlooked that 
is, “Prune a tree according to its require- 
ments.” To do this necessitates that an 
orchardist sheuld haye a thorough know- 
ledge of his trees, the.conditions and pecu- 
liarities surrounding their growth, the 
nature of the tree awaiting treatment, 
whether it is an upright grower or whether 
one of rambling habits, and numerous 
other features which present themselves 
during the existence of the trees. This 
is no small order, for many of the wants 
of the trees cannot be ascertained except 
by constant observation. How to prune 
a tree cannot be gathered by reading books 
on the subject, though many yaluable 
suggestions may be derived from them. 
The value of such books is to afford a 
- general knowledge of the principles which 
goyern pruning, and in putting them into 
practice, the operator should discriminate 
as to the application of the various methods 
to his own conditions. Very often yalu- 
able information is to be gained by study- 
ing the methods employed hy neighbors, 
and noting the results obtained, when 
their operations haye been conducted 
along different lines to those employed 
in treating one’s own trees. By doing 
this, treatment may be suggested which 
will be advantageous. When once a 
pruner has a clear idea of what functions — 
the various parts of the tree have to per- 
form, he has a ground-work upon which 
to start, and scientific pruning becomes 
merely a matter of practice and observa- 
tion. If before commencing to prune the 
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requirements of the tree are summed up, 
the operator is able to go straight ahead, — 
all the while making allowance for such 
defects as the tree may possess, with the 
_ result that a season or two will- show the 
wisdom of the methods adopted. Every 
cut made into a tree should be done with _ 
some definite object in view; but to 
commence cutting out without some valid 
reason is a course of procedure which 
must ultimately have the effect of weak- 
ening the tree and reducing its natural 
bearing tendencies. Trees treated in this 
manner may bear crops for a year or two, 
but indiscriminate cutting away can only 
end in unfruitfulness. 
Reasons For PRUNING. 
No skilled workman undertakes to ac- 
complish a task without having first con- 
sidered ths nature of the duty the work 
is to perform, the manner in which it is 
to be accomplished, and what the results 
are likely to be when it is completed. So 
with pruning, to do the work advantage- 
ously it is necessary that the operator 
should have a clear conception of what is 
required and what will be the resulting 
consequence of each cut he makes. He 
should know by the strength of the tree 
just what quantity of fruit it is capable 
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