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Show HORTICULTURE A WORD ABOUT PRUNING. Suggestions for Work Which Should Be Done Next Month. It Is a well-known old saying that tho tlmo to prune Is when tho saw Is sharp. Practically most of our fruit-trco fruit-trco pruning Is dono in early spring, Plum Tree Before Spring Pruning. March being tho accepted month. Thoro Is a manifest tendency among tho most advanced fruitmen to do moro summer prulnlng and less spring pruning. It Is nlso qulto plain that thoso who aro not real exports In or-chard or-chard matters aro apt to overdo the spring work with tho pruning saw. If pruning Is cnrofully and conservatively conservative-ly dono every March from tho tlmo tho trees aro planted out, it may be considered a safo operation. Tho ox-co8slvo ox-co8slvo pruning of neglected trees nt this tlmo of year, on tho othor hand, is npt to bo moro ot n ilnraago than n bonoflt, says, tho Country Gentleman. Undor present circumstances, wo havo to rccognlzo tho fact that March 8ame Tree Pruned, Showlnu Method of Heading Back. will bo tho main month for pruning on farms and in small orchards. In faco ot this fact, It Is woll to urgo tho advlco to bo careful with tho pruning prun-ing tools, especially with tho saw and tho ax, and not to go too fast. |