Show APPLE TREE PRUNING Q HINTS when growing too upright or spreading cut pack back laders La aders keep top sufficiently open 4 if an apple tree Is growing too up right or too spreading cut cat back the leaders to a side aide shoot that la Is growing lt in the desired direction the upright tendency la Is moro more often found in which event the heads should bo be shortened back to a side stock that la Is growing down and out do not cut tile tho young shoots in the interior as they tend to send out laterals literals late rals that are hard to pruno prune into shape keep the top sufficiently open so that the sunlight and air can freely circulate this ts Is feces sary bary for the ripening of the 04 fruit buds small lamba should be removed but the work should not bo be done so that spaces tire are left in the top out cut out all diseased oi or dead wood savo save all tho the gead fruit spurs and try to produce pov pew ones cut out all crossing and interfering tet ter fering ering branches in a well grown tro nil all water sprouts should be re moved 0 v ed if any are needed to replace yli ost t fruit spurs they should be cut b ack to two buds this operation may need to be repeated all bra branches growing back through the interior of i the tree should be removed |