Show Standard Examiner er Presents 1 Series of Pruning Articles Thin Thie i Is the first of a series of articles by lAm Ijo Hoy 1107 Marsh dl district agricultural l 1 on of the pruning lic r The consist consitt of ot a c general In answer cr to the many man questions asked ked at t this time lime into of year ar con con- concerning con when then to prune tho tl o tar tar- loun iou kinds of fruit trees as s as a the Ibe he proper method to 1 be 0 e ed l It hould be ld that only Ilio tho general amen lurl taLc tAl of the of or pruning are given for there arc alC i-c i many numy factors i that In must t be considered Among Amon the th different facts fact that attention must mArt be given to the following are reth the most moat prominent Age Aee o of tree trees m tance anc apart part habits of ot growth Fruit proclivities Number of fruit buds present r The Tb amount of bearIng wood must be b gauged t u d by the feeding room that the th tree has at Its it dl poo l as a well as J the th amount ot of available sunlight That T at l I ii to say yIt It if the tho distance of the tho th tree trees apart taking the peach for ao an example be e 16 IS feet the tho amount of fruit per tree tre should hould approximate four I If It Ate tho distance vaa wa 25 fut feet the th amount per tree treo should be i bushels because became of ot the th In- In Increased Increased creased feeding room for the th root I Th The matter of ae must also alio aiso re reo ye calve proper attention First as i to the shaping or ot tb the young treeBy tree Dy w we mean the right number of main scaffold limbs and their proper distribution on oil the main stem the directing t t i growth so o as to give elva 1 th the tree I a well balanced head III In cc with the type of tre te In tho the case car of producing tre trees s age ce has n a most Important bearing on the amount of or wood to be he left lett to toI i produce a crop of fruit I the tendency to over bear o IJ r which i In Is generally genera II the condition then the tho pruning shear Is 1 the tho th remedy ity By reducing the bearing wood to the capacity of ot the thc tree tret to o- o produce a crop of normal sized truit this defeat Is 1 remedied There la Is 1 nb room on the tho markets market of today fo for little under sized stuff which Is oft off color and Insipid In flavor Where hero the variety Of o fruit Is known to b a 0 shy bearer as a Is It the case of or tho Red ned Astrachan apple opple the pruner must mut bo be b governed tov gov ac- ac accordingly c cordingly Then there ore are differ different cot ent kinds of fruit tree that are benefited but by little pruning so eo flu far a as the size of fruit I is III con con- concerned concerned concerned They ar are tho tao cherry plum and prune The Tho correct pruning pruning of ot fruit as aswell aswell aswell well as aa j ornamental trees tree Is I a trade and no man can ca b bA rec- rec recommended rec recommended to do this work who does not possess a knowledge of tree growth kinds dis- dis dis distance t tance soil fertility and arc ago of the tree I |