| Show EXERCISE CARE IN PRUNING practical results show it Is better to cut off many small twigs leav leaving ing large ones there was a time when commercial and theoretical believed that pruning was the whole thin thing with the tree but bul now we have learned that pruning Ss is a remedy to be ap eliod only when absolutely necessary it Is a dwarfing dwar fing process and one should not prune excessively moreover pruning Is a localized process illich means that by pruning one side of a tree we do not cause the other side to 1 grow row out the old idea was to let sunlight and air into the tree by cutting out a 11 few large limbs practical results however show that it Is much better to cut oft off many small awl twigs s rather than a few large ones in general a pretty good rule Is to prune very sparingly except to renew fruit buds and to prevent excessive shading |
