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Show Prune Trees In Winter The winter season is the time for pruning ornameintal and shade trees, according to Paul M. Dunn, extension forester for the Utah Btate Agricultural College at Logan. This dormant period of the tree's Ufa permits the cutting off of the limbs or the thinning of the branches branch-es without serious injury to the tree itself. Several points should be kept in mind by those persons, who intend to prune their shade trees. First, the pruning must be done during the winter season and before the growth starts in the spring. Second: The terminal ehoot or the main stem should not be cut back, as this will deform the shape of the tree. Third: The pruning should blatter bl-atter the manner of a trimming ct the lower branches and the side branches, or a thinning of the limbs thriughout the crown. Fourth: The branches should be removed clois to the main stem. The cut shOvM be made with a sharp saw or heavy n'ppers. It is better to make an undercut with the saw first, so that when the up-pcrcut up-pcrcut is made, the weight of the branch will not tear or disfigure the bark a thus damage the tree. Possible aamage can also be avoided by removing the branch in two pli-cts; first sawing most of it off,! leaving a short stub, and then re moving the rtub. Ia no case should the stuh of the branch be allowed t n main rn the trunk of the tr'p. as the wound then cannot heal over. Kith: All wounds or scars that are larger than two inches in diameter di-ameter should be coated with som" preservative material or paint, which will tend to retard decay or disease until the wound can heal. Further information may be ob-ta'ned ob-ta'ned from USDA Farmers' Bulletins Bulle-tins numbers 1178 and 1209 entitled "Tree Surgery ," and "Planting and Cam of Street Trees," respectifully, or by writing to the Extension Service Ser-vice at Logan. |