Show PRUNING many P t pi powers run into extremes some m ane one e too lideh u ich others too h tie tle ornon gat pat at all V some rua run first an fn s into one extreme and then into tahe theother theo ti pc their treca trees for years and then pru i to ruinous excess most alost trees neej mo rt rit pruning only some require pr mizing t ave ve them proper form and it is buy auy 0 clear c ear par away dead and decaying limbs cy by jtb ill i 1 1 pruning we have more thrifty trees far far r foliage fen foli loc loe ige tec and larger and finer fruit and uhe the ili uil s ta n A J air are admitted into the top to ta improve eind ind end perfect the fruit the ile cutting afron off of a 1 ii ie e limb is injurious as there is usually a large lare which will be ser ses seriously ay ith acted 0 by the loss and the tha whole tree must s ff r very comp act tops may need thinning be cautious alo abw A J L 1 going into a tree to prune with hard boors booms or shoes on when the bark peels usa a fine siw saty for iange large branches then pare smoothly larioz various 3 applications are made where large limbs are cut grafting com composition 0 also a mixture of equal part parts s of gay nay clay ow loy i low manure are used for large wounds rounds from cutting of or limbs and injuries alcohol with as much dissolved in it as will make it ef of the consistence of paint applied applied with a pam ram painters tells brush is excellent it t excludes the AH tit and water and 19 i unaffected by chango change of weather eather vr eother bitte voa roa volumes have been written on this subject a gleit pst at portion of which is mere theory many cornwe in in tho a spring thi g from custom and others in june because the ld wound heals quickly not reflecting bing ting that it I 1 is of more importance that the cut rut or wound heal bonnill soundly than quickly we dive give ive directions according fo lo 10 our experience for vii vil vi L thirty years blyght slight pruning in which vory very small limbs or dead cad dad limbs of any size are removed iway inay ba performed when most convenient in in any wason w u ason asod hlo Alo moderato moderate derato pruning g should be done in jurie julie july or august thou thon though h it will answer very well until de december cember if if trees are pruned ia in july J uly aly aup aug august or september the wood will 1 become hard bard bound sound and well seasoned and com commance conme comme monca monce aca healing over and it is not material 0 01 berwise than for appearance whet whether lier ller it heals i ver er the first second or third year aa it will rem rein sin tin in a healthy state for that time we prefer october november or even D december cember to tho tha spring ahiah is the worst set opt lson laon the trees then are tuil foil of it aap and it 0 les zes ies out at the wound which turns turna baack ck and ii cays like ilke a tree cut in the spring and allowa A to retain tha the bark but if limas limbs ever so I 1 irge us me cut ent in au august must wust or september the wool woul vill will become hard anh ani and remi remt iiii so if it uever again heals over thirty two years yeara ago in september we cut a 1 very large branch from an appio tre tro on account ci ct in faury ury by a gale the tree was old md aad it haa has never healed over but it is is now s sound jond and almost as hard ashorn and the tree perfectly sund s bund und around it afew A few years before nd und aften atter large limbs limba were cut from the same t ce cje in spring and where shere they were cut off he tree baa haa rotted ao so thata quart measure inay way ba be pat in m the tho cavity toung TREES AND nna rna cues off or laras ONES OSES sido shote of young or nursery trees should rot be baat cat cut off at first as it will induce weak ia ill the slem alem the trees will band over and staking cannot rave save them the only remedy is 13 cm cut to off and let them tham start anew examine ci a young tre tree with numerous bide side branches bran brau liches chea all tw the way up the and you will find that it tapers off as 33 33 as it ascends show ulf lag lat that every every limb gives givas additional at strength ren th to the tree biow below blow it not only to the ground iut int fut but to the roots also the lower limbs of young loung t tree rree saro sare aro like hie nie nee tributaries tributa tribu tarica nies ries to rivers which serve to strengthen aad sad enlarge them remove these trib tributaries tributa rles ries and where will be the noble river sri spi ia is the shortening of lateral branches by cutting them off a few inches from the etem and occasionally the largest bibo elbo iid lid ild be cut off smoothly at the trunk and thus red iced aa as the tcp ot of the tree i is 13 formed lormel i if you would have larga largo trees under which you can pass wh with teams do rot maire malre tb ahm m tall kail at once tit bit b t train tb ahm m ap p artini i v s it i branches to give bot boa V ard ll llach aih ii h to the t cizl i i i and roots root a til tia til 1 I 1 you get pet vout your tree af p aril arid ji an el ep bated top to pei pet form these offices of this thia mav be done gradually and an with cutting cuttings 1 asizy the lower loer limbs as the top becomes large in tho th flat cut ort out abe h lar irr laret eat we fulle limbs 1 thit r ri ty vot i t t to li PI or c it 0 oj A I 1 lit it ie le dav 8 av from frow eia LIA 1 trunk 0 t h luf tap r t h while hiie hile the trula ton tun k gros gro pi 03 s ani an att ast i 11 inq ins a i larger larler proportion pro potion then their aill ill ili lit produce less effect 1 allied to the cutt cuttle ilig off of side roots or din rin pin phi the she bhe bil STI leaves from voun 1 tre tret q ig is I 1 the tie lie tn of ld e limbs bv ci cotui ittin j ott olt I 1 11 1 shoots shots and ap irs a coned rabe distance distante froli ironi the trunk because they the tha do not bear fiul fini when they perform an equally important office in in gi giving ing growth and strength not only oni to the branch but bill to the trunk and root coles american fertit bok uok bic cok I 1 |