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Show PRUNE OUT ALL DEAD LIMBS They are Hindrance at Picking Time and Make Whole Crop Look Bad Use Much Water. Dead limbs take a great deal of water wa-ter from growing apple trees. They aie in tlie way at gathering time and make the whole crop look diseased. If caused by canker, the disease will spread to other parts of the orchard. Prune them out and paint the wounds. Water sprouts and surplus limbs take too much water from the trees - prune out those which are not needed on the tree and save the water, for the ripening ripen-ing fruit; fruij won't mature well iVhere shaded by sprouts. The crop shows up better where the tree is kept Pruned, admitting sunlight and air betteernilbleS the blI-vcr t0 see the fruit |