Show APPLE TREE PRUNING HINTS when growing too upright or OP spreading cut back leaders keep top sufficiently open if an apple tree Is growing too upright or too spreading cut back the lenders leaders to it side shoot that la Is growing in the desired direction the upright tendency Is more often found la in which event the heads should be shortened back to a n side bide stock that is growing lown and out do not cut the alie young shoots hoota in the interior ns as they tend to bend end out laterals literals late rals that are hard bard to brune into shape keep tho the top sufficiently open so that the sunlight and lr can freely circulate this Is necos feces pary for the ripening of the fruit buds emall limbs should be removed but the work should not be done so that spaces are left in the top lop cut out all diseased or dead wood save nil fill the rood good fruit spurs and try to produce pew ones cut out all crossing and interfering ter ker fering branches in a well grown tree all water sprouts should be re li lindved noved it if any are needed to replace lost bost fruit spurs they should be cut hack to two buds tills operation may need to be repeated all ali branches browing vack b ack through the interior of the tree should be removed |