- January I, 1910 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
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W. Grit,] Red Gums (Eucalyptus rostrata), growing [PHoro. 
by the Spring Creek Weir, near Mount Remarkable, 
Willowie Forest. 
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their supposedly correct stock. In a case 
like this summer pruning has been known 
to produce a marked increase of crop. 
Tt should be definitely understood that 
‘summer pruning is not suitable for each 
tree every season. Growers must know 
their trees individually, and also their 
individual requirements. A tree should 
be strong in constitution, and growing 
Strongly as well; and, as a general rule, a 
Weak tree should not be simmer pruned. 
Weak trees may be successfully treated 
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by hard pruning in winter. A tree that 
is thriving prosperously, and bearing 
systematically, needs very little or no 
summer pruning; while a tree that is 
growing strongly, is in a good healthy 
situation, and is yet unfruitful, needs all 
the attention and consideration that 
summer pruning can give to it. 
The time for summer pruning is a con- 
sideration that cannot be settled by any 
general rule. So much depends on the 
state of the tree, the condition of the 
- weather 
soil, the dryness or otherwise of ‘the 
weather, as well as the latitude and 
These and 
other considerations must be taken into. 
account by the operator. Generally 
speaking, as has before been stated, it ix 
advisable to perform the operation at a 
time when the remaining terminal bud 
will not break out into new growth. From 
situation of the orchard. 
Deceinber to February apples and pears. 
may be treated, according to climate and 
Apricots and 
peaches need summer pruning much 
earlier. | Some operators have laid it 
down as a rule that any tree requiring 
summer pruning may be pruned just 
before the crop commences to ripen. 
This, again, may suit some seasons, but 
not others. To prevent the re-growth of 
the lateral, it has been recommended to 
merely fracture the portion to be removed 
later, and leave it hanging on the tree. 
This certainly will be effective; but it 
gives the orchard a very untidy appear- 
ance. It also leaves much more work for 
the pruner in the winter time, and this is 
one of the things that summer pruning is 
intended to obviate A careful study of 
his varieties, locality, soil, and annual 
climatic conditions, will very soon give 
the operator such power over his trees 
that summer pruning will become a. 
regular part of his orchard routine. 
—KE.E. Pescott, Principal, School of 
Horticulture, Burnley, in Victorian 
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