Show pruning fruit trees in pi inuring the apele rees cut out the he centre to admit sun still and air also cut out all limbs that interfere balance the carefully and avoid crotches where limbs the directly opposite so hat a weight of fruit ol 01 or snow might cause them to pull against each other and split the lim limb ruining the bee cut out all suckers around the base of the tree whet e you have old trees that have lived out their use fullness and commenced need to show blighted limbs to any extent do not waste time with these cut them out and plant young trees the young trees will come inco bearing long beffie you could make a satisfactory one out of 0 the old ones cut out all useless trees and make fire wood of them watch all your pear trees tor for fire blight cut all limbs affected large and small other than chan this pear trees need very little pruning destroy every piece that you cut off plums and cherries need very little pruning che chesnea iries in ili particular bo do not remove limbs unless it is absolutely necessary remove all suckers from the base of plum trees aud and sou find them have good pruning tools get a hodes brunning Pru nning shear two and one halt half feet ii in i length arid and a small bow pruning preining ining saw sale about two feet long with these tools you can do more work in two hours than you can in a lay day with tools not adapted to the work prune the orchard destroy everything you yon cut out clean up everything up to let dead or blighted limbs lay around in the orchard is as bad as leaving it uncut from the trees should you be in doubt aboul your pruning call on oil the inspector for or a pruning demonstration WM INVAL J WRIGHT county crop and pests inspector |