Show PROPER PRUNING IN SUMMER thinning out and cutting younger branches ie all that Is required danger of sun scald of lato years we have heard a good flea about summer pruning and its value of inducing fruit buds to form on unproductive trees the kansas station has made some careful expert ments with summer pruning of ten year old apple trees which have borne but little fruit and showed few fruit epurs the new wood was cut back and the heavy growth that shaded the two and three year old wood was thinned out A lighter pruning was given the orchard the next summer the orchard was in full bloom and produced a fair crop two years later A practical lesson in pruning fewer water sprouts or suckers have been noticed on trees of similar age that were grown on similar soil and pruned in the eummer than those pruned in winter and early spring there Is less danger that the operator will remove a large amount of wood in the summer tor he can readily see the danger of sun scald thinning out and cutting the young er branches Is all that Is required if a reasonable amount of care la given the orchard light summer pruning appears to be a good treatment for unproductive trees |