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Show PRUNE NEWLY PLANTED TREE As Many of Feeding Roots Have Been Left In Ground, Tops Must Be Cut to Balance. The pruning of trees should begin when they are planted. When the trees are dug from the nursery row many of the feeding roots are left In the ground, and It is necessary to remove re-move some of the top of the trees in order to establish more nearly a balance bal-ance between the tops and the roots. This pruning should be given immediately immedi-ately after the tree has been set. The following points should he kept in mind when performing this operation opera-tion : Three or four branches should be left In addition to the central leader. The lowest of these branches should be on the southwest side to prevent sun scald ; the branches should be four or five Inches apart and on different sides of the trunk in order to avoid crotches; the branches that are left should be cut off eight or ten inches from the trunk and the leader shortened back two-thirds. All other branches should be removed close up to the trunk. |