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Show APPLE TREE PRUNING RULES Dbject Should Be to Preserve Symmetrical, Sym-metrical, Well-Balanced Top, Open in the Center. There can be no ironclad rules laid iown relative to the pruning of. a tree. Mo two trees are exactly alike and ;ach one must be treated Individually. The object should be to preserve a symmetrical, well-balanced top, open in the center, without crowding the branches in any part. All branches which grow toward the center of the tree, and those which cross or interfere inter-fere with each other, should be re- Where Branches Should Be Cut in Pruning Apple Trees Such Wound9 Readily Heal. moved. A fine-toothed pruing saw is aest for this purpose and the cuts should be made smoothly and close to :he body or main branch of the tree :rom which the superfluous branch is pruned. There is usually a little ring ir enlargement at the base of each jranch; the saw-cut should be made midway and downward through this ;nlargement. |