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Show PLAN TO PRUNE FRUIT TREES Severe Cutting May Delay Fruiting, Says Ithaca Expert Let Young Trees Alone. In discussing tho pruning of fruit trees. Dr. W. U. Chandler, of Itlinca, said that severe pruning may dwarf the tree and delny fruiting. Ills experience ex-perience Indicated that much pruning should be delayed until the tree Is large enough to bear a crop. In tests the young unpruned trees, especially peaches, gave much larger yields than pruned trees. ' lie thought there was no advantage In shaping young cherry trees, and he would let Kurbunk plums go without pruning until ten years old. lie would never cut trees when young, except for good reasons. |