Show to promote fertility in fruit emit trees I 1 every must have observed that thai tha some fruit trees of superior quality and of luxuriant grow growth by are yet slow in coming into a bearing state and are afterwards inconstant this is the case especially with the pear tree let us note down some of the methods proposed for remedying this evil an abundant and rapid flow of sap tends to the growth of new wood and leaves rather than to the formation of fruit buds whatever checks this flow will excite the production of flower buds for example select a vigorous evergreen which has thus chufar far fan shown no coneby cones and transplant it and next year it will be covered with seed vessels so itis it is often with fruit trees the check chesk thereby given to the growth of roots and branches causes the sap to accumulate in the branches and directs it to the formation of fruit hence itis that formal root pruning is sometimes practised practiced As this process is described in nearly all fruit mahu manuals als ais we will only remind the reader that it should be tided only in fall or winter mr rivers of england as nearly everybody everybody knows no sooner catches any of of h his s dware dwarf a rf pears pear nap napping happing g than he lifts them from the ground and nse sets t them back again fruit bearing is quite sure to follow ringing the branches is another method this consists in taking out a circular section of bark about an inch wide on several branches ef the tree tle tue effect of this is to prevent the return of t L sap from the loops tops of the branches tj the tile limbs and roots b below e and almost awa a awas wa is produces the formation of fruit bud alas ilis practice is not to be generally comman leg it robs the lower portions of the tree of the proper food and renders the girdled branches useless afterwards bending the branches downward is another anoche r and better method this impedes both the ascent and descent of sap bap and causes its ita accumulation mu lation all along the br branches anchel in the form of fruit buds who has not observed that a crooked appletree apple tree often bears better than a berf perfectly eci straight one and with a flat spreading reading head better than a pyramid ial one st I 1 hence ence we seethe see the wisdom of the practice cornmon common among nursery y denof removing the central branches of young youn apple trees this bending down of the branches should be done in june or july while the shoots are most flexible training the branches to a wall or trellis is another in ethod method the slight compression of the ligatures and the bending bedding of the branches causes a check of the flow of sap and so induces fruitfulness |