Beaver Press | 1924-01-18 | Page 6 | Many Old Apple Trees Carrying Too Much Wood

many old apple trees carrying too much wood prune brother prune with care this paraphrase of mark kwains twains famous phrase might be taken as a motto by the orchard men say the at the ithaca state ag agricultural ri college who declare that many old apple trees are carrying too much wood they warn however against cutting out the large branches since this la Is likely to injure the tree rather than benefit it the proper way to make this thinning Is to cut out a number of small branches about the size of the finger or possibly up to an inch or an inch and a halt half in diameter throughout the tree this practice avoids water sprout growths and rejuvenates the remaining fruit spurs the college has studied enough oreti orchards ards where this practice hns has been followed to know that it usually results th in a better set of fruit of larger size trees handled in this way further are more effectively sprayed the color of the fruit Is improved and its ita market value increased