Show BEST TIME TO PRUNE TREES spring season Is best time although work may be performed any time without much injury the best time to prune fruit trees Is in the spring although they may be pruned at any time without serious injury two main objects of pruning apple and plum trees are to make trees which will not break down easily and will bear good crops of well colored fruit when boung trees are planted the main branches are reduced to from three to five arranged in such a manner that there will mill not be bad crotches formed by any two branches afterwards cross branches are removed tach each year severe pruning in any one year tear Is not desirable if the trees you desire to prune are not young trees the plan isto is to prune away branches which cross others and if the tree seems very thick to remove some additional dit ional branches but it is often better to cut away some of the smaller branches from the outside of the tree rather than to cut out large branches the wounds of which take a long time to heal beal over it is not necessary to put anything on the wounds where they are less than say about an inch in diameter but it is desirable to keep larger wounds painted with white lead paint |