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Show Tree Trimming Time. Tho rule is to trim trees at any ime during tho dormant season, and his is from the time tho leaves diop )IT in tho fall until the buds begin to urst in the spring. Tho best time, mwovcr, is during the months Fob-uary Fob-uary and March. Ono or two general ules should bo observed in pruning ny tree advises tho Horticultural Oopartmcnt of tho Utah Agricultural College. Tho limbs should be cut off as close as possible to tho remaining 3tcm, nnd the cut should be mado parallel par-allel to the remaining stem, or as near that as possible, and should always bo painted with a lead or creosote paint to prevent fungus diseases gaining entrance to tho wood. This applies particularly to wounds that are two inches or moro in dinmcter. |