Show HORTICULTURE I PRUNING I to Do Successful Work You Need Proper Tools Tool Ono One trouble with tho the novice In InI I pruning is II that he may not have a 8 clear idea of what ho he wishes to ac no He may think that the treo tree is he headed beaded ded too low and so chops off the main limbs and ruins It It or the top Is too thick and proceeds to trim up the limbs leaving a tuft of branches at atthe atthe atthe the ends destroying the tho fruiting spurs purs and leaving what fruit does grow inaccessible in n accessible and exposed to the action of ot heavy winds Bettor Better to have havo no pruning at all than such work as this The tools needed are a saw shears knife step ladder and occasionally a along along along long ladder The saw should be the ordinary narrow stiff blade pruning saw about 18 Inches long and with rather father coarse teeth so that It will cut 1 Pruning Tools treely freely The right kind of shears are area a great help and with them much of the work can be done easier and quicker than with any other tool but few of or those found in n the hardware stores are worth much Most 1 of them with only one cutting blade which works against a shoulder will spring apart after atter a little use and they bruise the wood more or less The double cut double cut shears with both blades alike while high priced hIgh priced are by far the best thing on the market as the they cut close and do not bruise the wood The handles are of oC wood and can be had from 25 to 30 inches long For Por a knife the common large pruning I knife with a hooked blade is Js all Il right |