Show PROPER PRUNING IN SUMMER thinning out and cutting younger branches Is all that Is required danger of sun scald of late years we have heard a good deal 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 cearold apple trees which have borne but little fruit and showed few fruit spurs 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 or chard 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 summer than those pruned in winter and early spring there Is leas danger that tho operator will remove a large amount of wood la tha summer for 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 Is given the orchard light summer pruning appears to be a good treatment for unproductive trees |