| Show early spring Is proper time to prune orchard warm days aring ft ring march can be profitably spent in renovating renova ting the fruit trees moderate pruning every year encourages annual fruiting and la Is much better for the tree tenn heavy pruning every three or four years the work should not be delayed until growths starts in the spring trees which have not been pruned regularly and have grown too bushy busby and dense should receive a rather heavy thinning of medium bedlum sized branches in the outer portions of the tree if possible avoid removing large limbs because this leaves the tree thin in places and too dense elsewhere all dead diseased broken injured crossing and rubbing limbs should be removed as far fai as possible when young trees have been property properly pruned until they reach bearing age only moderate pruning of small branches Is required to keep the tree properly thinned sunlight will then be admitted to the central portion of the tree in the pruning of young trees keep the head bead low also avoid having buying two branches leavette lea leave the trunk at the same point four or live five main branches should be saved and as far as possible so selected that they will be evenly distributed around the tree as well as up and down the main trunk in all your pruning work use use sharp efficient pruning tools make all cuts clean and close and wax or paint all wounds that are over an inch in diameter |
